Five people accused of embezzling 25 million rubles from the participants will then appear in the Ulyanovsk Region Court. Five residents of the Ulyanovsk region promised ten citizens from different regions of Russia that they would serve without participating in combat. The condition was to hand over the payments due to them for signing the contract. Now, the defendants accused of embezzling funds from the then participants will appear in court. The victims were promised that for a fee they would perform tasks unrelated to combat. The documents were processed in Tatarstan: citizens signed contracts, received bank cards and handed them over to criminals. The total damage exceeded 25 million rubles. The suspects were arrested by criminal investigation officers in cooperation with the regional departments of the FSB and the Investigative Committee of Russia, supported by the force of the Russian National Guard. During the investigation, the circumstances of two additional incidents of illegal activity by the defendants became clear: extortion by threats and causing moderate damage. The property of the defendants, totaling approximately 12 million rubles, was seized.