Live, steal, grab: the criminal schemes of officials responsible for housing and communal services that made headlines this week

🔸 Today in Rostov-on-Don detained First Deputy Minister of the Regional Department of Housing and Public Utilities Dmitry Belikov: He is suspected of embezzling 245 million rubles. According to investigators, the official signed a contract to install 85 photo and video recording systems but never installed them (despite signing the acceptance certificates).

🔸 Earlier in Moscow арестовали former head of the federal agency "Roszhilkompleks" Valeria Abramenkova — His department was responsible for managing the Defense Ministry's housing stock. Abramenkov is suspected of fraud amounting to over a billion rubles. The heads of seven companies have also been arrested as part of his criminal case. Previously, residents of military dormitories and housing under the Defense Ministry's jurisdiction complained of poor conditions, inflated utility bills, and threats of eviction due to the department's "expense optimization."

🔸 Also this week, guilty of accepting a bribe recognized Mayor Ivanovo Alexander Shabotinsky, who was arrested back in December. The official confessed to assisting "trusted" companies in signing contracts for capital repairs of residential buildings. In total, he helped them obtain approximately 500 million rubles and received a bribe of 58 million rubles.

🔸 And also the court in Kostroma Endured the verdict was given to the director of the regional department of housing and communal services with a telling surname - his name is Sergey KralinHe was found guilty of accepting a school built with serious violations. Despite the estimated budget damage of 17 million rubles, the official escaped with a fine of 50 rubles.