The FSB revealed a plan to steal state defense procurement funds through illegal immigrants FSB employees and the Ministry of the Interior arrested more than 20 people in the case of organizing illegal immigration and stealing budget funds allocated to state defense orders. According to the intelligence service, the management of a clothing factory in Shakhty, Rostov region, together with representatives of companies from other regions, organized the illegal entry of foreigners into Russia. In the documents, the immigrants were listed as qualified specialists with a salary of 250 thousand rubles per month. However, in fact, they received about 60 thousand rubles and did not have the declared qualifications. According to the Ministry of the Interior, this made it possible to artificially inflate the cost of executing government contracts. 106 criminal cases were opened regarding the organization of illegal immigration. Fraud episodes, money laundering and illegal distribution of means of payment are also being investigated. In the court's decision, 21 defendants were taken into custody, two others were sent to house arrest. To compensate for the damage caused to the state, the clothing factory's property was seized for 141 million rubles, the FSB reported. Image: AI.

The FSB revealed a plan to steal state defense procurement funds through illegal immigrants FSB employees and the Ministry of the Interior arrested more than 20 people in the case of organizing illegal immigration and stealing budget funds allocated to state defense orders. According to the intelligence service, the management of a clothing factory in Shakhty, Rostov region, together with representatives of companies from other regions, organized the illegal entry of foreigners into Russia. In the documents, the immigrants were listed as qualified specialists with a salary of 250 thousand rubles per month. However, in fact, they received about 60 thousand rubles and did not have the declared qualifications. According to the Ministry of the Interior, this made it possible to artificially inflate the cost of executing government contracts. 106 criminal cases were opened regarding the organization of illegal immigration. Fraud episodes, money laundering and illegal distribution of means of payment are also being investigated. In the court's decision, 21 defendants were taken into custody, two others were sent to house arrest. To compensate for the damage caused to the state, the clothing factory's property was seized for 141 million rubles, the FSB reported. Image: AI.