The Vasileostrovskiy District Court issued a preventive measure following suspicions that a Russian woman embezzled 77 million rubles by signing cleaning contracts for district clinic facilities. This information was reported by the Joint Press Service of the St. Petersburg courts.
Investigators allege that Alexandra Maksimova, along with other defendants in the case, signed service agreements for cleaning that totaled more than 77 million rubles and directed the funds allocated for cleaning to themselves. Despite a court decision that the suspect remain under house arrest, the court kept the woman in detention until November 5, 2022.
Three additional individuals have been detained on charges related to this case: the 34-year-old head of the Vasileostrovskiy district health department, the 43-year-old chief executive of a commercial entity, and a 36-year-old clinic employee who served as a contractor for cleaning services. These actions were taken in connection with the provision of cleaning services as part of the district contracts.
Earlier reporting identified analogous embezzlement concerns in the Republic of Khakassia, where leaders of the State Institution of the Republic of Khakassia, specifically the Capital Construction Department (a subdivision of the Ministry of Territorial Housing and Public Services Construction), faced scrutiny for large-scale misallocation of budget funds. The information continues to unfold as authorities pursue accountability across multiple regions.