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2025: Sentence - 5 years in prison for fraud in the purchase of prostheses
On April 15, 2025, the Moscow City Court sentenced Andrei Chernyshov, head of the department of the Pension and Social Insurance Fund (FSS) of Russia, and his accomplice Dmitry Kharchenko. Both defendants received 5 years in prison in a general regime colony for fraud in the purchase of prostheses for the disabled in the amount of more than ₽43 million.
According to Lenta.ru, the defendants were found guilty under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud"). As the court established, Andrei Chernyshov, who held the post of head of the department of the pension and social insurance fund in Moscow and the Moscow region, turned to the general director of the company Dmitry Kharchenko with a proposal to embezzle budget funds by participating in tenders for the conclusion of state contracts.
In the period from December 2021 to June 2022, accomplices prepared commercial proposals for prostheses for the disabled at a deliberately inflated cost. As a result, six state contracts totaling more than ₽43 million were concluded between the state institution and the businessman's company.
Profit from illegal actions in the amount of ₽4,8 million accomplices appropriated, dividing among themselves. In addition to imprisonment, the court satisfied the claim to recover ₽4,8 million from the convicts as compensation for the damage caused.
The fraud scheme was based on the use of Chernyshov's official position, which, having access to internal procurement information, ensured the passage of applications from Kharchenko's company with artificially high prices for prostheses for people with disabilities.
The trial revealed the systemic nature of criminal activity - in six months the accomplices managed to conclude six contracts at once, which indicates a well-thought-out mechanism of illegal actions and an attempt to create the appearance of legal entrepreneurial activity.
The verdict will enter into legal force in 10 days if it is not appealed by the parties on appeal. The defense of the convicts has not yet announced its intention to appeal the court decision.[1]
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