The Federal Service of the Russian Federation announced that the work of a group that stole more than 2 billion rubles from the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation was suppressed. TASS with reference to the department’s Center for Public Affairs (CSP).
According to the FSB, the group included former and current employees of the Pension Fund and Russian Post JSC. The ministry stated that more than 30 people were detained in connection with this incident in Ingushetia, North Ossetia and Moscow.
It is reported that from 2019 to 2021, employees of the Pension Fund without their knowledge recalculated pensions for residents of Ingushetia and transferred the money to the bank accounts of a branch of Russian Post JSC in order to turn it into cash. Legitimate pensions were delivered to district post offices and illegally earned earnings were confiscated.
Members of the group, in order to hide their actions, falsified reporting documents, in which all funds received from the FIU were given to the population in full. The FSB said that thus the budget system of the Russian Federation was damaged by more than 2 billion rubles.
calls passed 34 suspects were detained at more than 60 addresses. A criminal case was initiated under Part 4 of Art. 159 (especially large-scale fraud) informed the Ministry of the Interior.