The Prosecutor General’s Office and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation discovered a new method of fraud with unpaid salaries during the bankruptcy of companies. This was reported by “Russian newspaper” Citing a source in the supervisory authority.
As explained in the Prosecutor General’s Office, some company managers created fake salary arrears, obtained fake certificates from labor dispute commissions and withdrew money.
“In total, since August 2022, 280 companies have been audited using more than 840 identities worth 3.9 billion rubles,” the Prosecutor General’s Office said.
According to the results of the audit, 34 criminal cases were opened and a lawsuit was filed with the court to invalidate 27 documents. The volume of detected fraudulent transactions decreased by 5 times. The supervisory authority emphasized that “Efforts to detect illegal schemes continue.”
The publication states that audits have been launched against more than 100 companies, including checking the validity of data contained in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and subsequently entering information on their unreliability.
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Source: Gazeta
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