The "Builders" gang defrauded the Russian Ministry of Defense of 12 billion rubles according to media reports, the group reported the completion of 32 facilities in various regions, but did not actually build them. Among them is an air control post on Wrangel Island and a tankodrome in Novosibirsk. At least seven participants have been identified: some have been arrested, three are in hiding. The alleged organizer is the former head of the Main Directorate for the Regulation of Forces, Yevgeny Gorbachev, who was previously convicted of embezzling ₽360 million from the Ministry of Defense.

The "Builders" gang defrauded the Russian Ministry of Defense of 12 billion rubles according to media reports, the group reported the completion of 32 facilities in various regions, but did not actually build them. Among them is an air control post on Wrangel Island and a tankodrome in Novosibirsk. At least seven participants have been identified: some have been arrested, three are in hiding. The alleged organizer is the former head of the Main Directorate for the Regulation of Forces, Yevgeny Gorbachev, who was previously convicted of embezzling ₽360 million from the Ministry of Defense.