Novosibirsk Clinical Psychiatric Hospital No. 3

History

2021: Accusation of hospital staff of embezzlement of 6 million rubles from patients

In Novosibirsk, the investigation of a criminal case on the embezzlement of several million rubles from hospital patients has been completed. This was announced on October 5, 2021 by the press service of the Investigative Department of the Regional Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

The criminal case against three employees of the Novosibirsk Clinical Psychiatric Hospital No. 3 was transferred to the Dzerzhinsky District Court of Novosibirsk - they are accused of stealing wards from bank accounts. Paramedics will be tried for fraud. In addition, the head of the department is accused of taking bribes for placing patients in a hospital.

In Novosibirsk, a case was opened after the theft of 6 million rubles from patients of a psychiatric hospital

Depending on the role and degree of participation of each, they are accused of committing crimes under Part 3 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud), part 3 of Art. 159.3 of the Criminal Code (fraud using electronic means of payment), part 2 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code (receipt by an official of a bribe in a significant amount), clause "c" part 5 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (taking a bribe on a large scale) and part 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (taking a bribe on an especially large scale).

According to the investigation, in the period from 2016 to 2019. the accused used their official position and the mental state of patients who lost relatives and social ties in order to seize their funds. Medical workers, having access to bank cards of 12 wards, committed theft of money from their bank accounts through the mobile banking system.

Doctors stole more than 6 million rubles from their accounts using a mobile bank. In addition, the head of the department of the medical institution received bribes totaling more than 2 million rubles. She was paid for being admitted to a medical facility and then treated people.

The defendants in the case were partially found guilty. The criminal case was initiated on the basis of the materials of the prosecutor's check.^[1]

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