In Irkutsk, a criminal case has been sent to court against the director of one of the orphanages, accused of embezzling budget funds and official forgery. According to investigators, he hired his wife, who did not actually work but received salary and bonuses for a year and a half, and the damage to the Irkutsk region budget exceeded 180 thousand rubles.

The Main Investigative Directorate of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region has sent to court, with an indictment, a criminal case against the director of one of the orphanages in the city of Irkutsk. The investigation established that, being an official of a state institution, he committed the theft of funds from the budget of the Irkutsk Region in the amount of more than 180 thousand rubles.
Using his official position and knowing that his wife would not actually work, the orphanage director hired her as a teacher. The teacher, who existed only on paper, received a salary every month for a year and a half and even bonuses for conscientious performance of her duties.
The now-defendant 56-year-old civil servant is accused of committing crimes under Article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation — classified as embezzlement, as well as Article 292 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation — official forgery by entering knowingly false information into official documents.
Based on materials from the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Irkutsk Region