Ingush city ex-head suspected of illegal withdrawal of $387.1 thousand from budget

A criminal case on abuse of authority has been filed against an ex-official.

The former Mayor of a town of Sunzhensky district was suspected of illegally transferring 25.5 million rubles ($387.1 thousand) from the budget to the account of a resource-supplying organization. A case of Exceeding Official Powers (part 3 of Art. 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) has been opened against the 60-year-old ex-official, whose name is not specified yet, the press service of the ICR for the region reported.

According to the investigation, on August 1, 2016, the official transferred 25.5 million rubles ($387.1 thousand) from the administration’s account to the account of Interregional Distribution Grid Company of the North Caucasus to repay the debt of the municipal unitary enterprise Sunzha-Vodokanal for the consumed electricity. The money, according to the investigation, was transferred illegally.

Earlier, the case of abuse of office was also initiated against the former Head of Sunzhensky district, Issa Khashagulgov. The official voluntarily left his post in September 2018 amid a protest action in Sunzhensky district against the agreement on the border between Ingushetia and Chechnya.

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