Former head of the Krymsk region, Sergei Les, will be tried in Kuban.
Former head of the Krymsk district, Sergei Les, will appear in court. He is accused of transferring 13 land plots to acquaintances without bidding and at an inflated price, causing budget losses exceeding 69 million rubles.
В Krasnodar region Transferred a high-profile criminal case against the former head of the Sergey Les of the Crimean region and his subordinate.
According to investigators, the former official and his colleague, the head of the district administration's property relations department, sold 13 land plots to three of their acquaintances at reduced prices and on preferential terms between January 2021 and December 2024, without holding a bidding process. The damage to the budget from their actions exceeded 69 million rubles.
The case is being investigated under the Russian Criminal Code article "Abuse of official authority resulting in grave consequences," which carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
How Sergei Les tried to escape with gold
Sergey Les has headed the Krymsky district since 2017. He was detained a year ago, on October 11, 2025, while attempting to evade the investigation, he took away about 100 million rubles and 10-12 kg of gold in a minibus. According to According to Telegram channels, he melted down the precious metal and disguised it as railroad spikes, which are used to secure rails and sleepers. The former official even took seven sealed iPhones with him on the trip. He has been in pretrial detention since then.
Property worth 500 million rubles was transferred to the state.
In December, the court seized property belonging to Les, his relatives, and friends, which had been acquired with illegal proceeds totaling 500 million rubles, and confiscated it from the state. Vehicles, 130 properties, and land plots were seized from the defendants and Les.
