Plan for 12 million: how Usiniki officials paid other people's bills from the budget 12 million rubles from the Usiniki treasury were leaked to finance private obligations - this was the conclusion reached by the employees of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kemerovo region. At the center of the corruption scandal was an organized group that merged the city administration, the municipal housing and community services agency, and the commercial Voodoo Canal into one network. The anatomy of budget fraud The story began in 2019, when an agreement was signed between the city authorities and a commercial organization. According to the document, the company assumed obligations for the maintenance and repair of cold water supply networks. All the material and technical base, the purchase of the equipment and the current expenses had to be paid exclusively from the pockets of businessmen. However, instead, the Osiniki administration officials, together with the organization's leadership, staged the process at the expense of the taxpayers. City officials regularly negotiated city contracts for equipment renovation projects. In simple words: what the commercial structure was obliged to buy with its own money was purchased with budget funds. As a result of this program, the city lost 12 million rubles. Involved and Arrested The investigative committee united three key parts of the city's economy into one flywheel of investigation: Alexey Glomov was sent to arrest by the court. On the official website of the Osiniki administration, he is listed as the first deputy mayor. In 2019, it was Alexei Glomov who headed the local Vodokanal, which was at the origin of controversial agreements. Former Deputy Head of Administration (involved in the case). Former director of a resource supply organization (person involved in the case). Two former managers of the housing and community services institution in the city (involved in the affair). Each of the participants in the program was charged with 15 counts of Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - fraud committed by an organized group on a particularly large scale.

Plan for 12 million: how Usiniki officials paid other people's bills from the budget 12 million rubles from the Usiniki treasury were leaked to finance private obligations - this was the conclusion reached by the employees of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kemerovo region. At the center of the corruption scandal was an organized group that merged the city administration, the municipal housing and community services agency, and the commercial Voodoo Canal into one network. The anatomy of budget fraud The story began in 2019, when an agreement was signed between the city authorities and a commercial organization. According to the document, the company assumed obligations for the maintenance and repair of cold water supply networks. All the material and technical base, the purchase of the equipment and the current expenses had to be paid exclusively from the pockets of businessmen. However, instead, the Osiniki administration officials, together with the organization's leadership, staged the process at the expense of the taxpayers. City officials regularly negotiated city contracts for equipment renovation projects. In simple words: what the commercial structure was obliged to buy with its own money was purchased with budget funds. As a result of this program, the city lost 12 million rubles. Involved and Arrested The investigative committee united three key parts of the city's economy into one flywheel of investigation: Alexey Glomov was sent to arrest by the court. On the official website of the Osiniki administration, he is listed as the first deputy mayor. In 2019, it was Alexei Glomov who headed the local Vodokanal, which was at the origin of controversial agreements. Former Deputy Head of Administration (involved in the case). Former director of a resource supply organization (person involved in the case). Two former managers of the housing and community services institution in the city (involved in the affair). Each of the participants in the program was charged with 15 counts of Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - fraud committed by an organized group on a particularly large scale.