The Prosecutor General’s Office has sent to the Minsk Regional Court a criminal case against the former director general of one of the petrochemical enterprises, as well as three other individuals. They are charged with embezzlement through abuse of official powers under Part 4 of Article 210 of the Criminal Code.
According to the prosecution, at the end of 2021 the former director general and his son-in-law agreed to steal company funds under the guise of using them to pay for machinery and equipment. A scheme involving the purchase of goods at inflated prices was chosen.
“The director general’s son-in-law, acting in coordination with him, then entered into an agreement with another executive, who agreed to ensure systematic deliveries of machinery and equipment through foreign and Belarusian commercial organizations he represented.
He also agreed to include in the supply price an amount to be embezzled, which was communicated to him in advance. After the funds reached the accounts of those organizations, the money was to be transferred under fictitious grounds to foreign business entities not involved in the supply of the equipment”, the Prosecutor General’s Office said.
In May 2022, another person was brought into the scheme. He was responsible for cashing out the funds.
“The common intent aimed at unlawfully appropriating the petrochemical enterprise’s funds by a group of persons acting in prior collusion, amounting to more than 660,000 euros, or about 2.4 million rubles, was carried out — agricultural machinery and equipment were delivered to the supervised agricultural enterprise”, the Prosecutor General’s Office added.
Three of the accused are in custody, while the fourth has been released under a travel restriction order.
