The Presnensky Court in Moscow sentenced Natalya Agaltsova, an expert in the monetary and financial department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, to five years in a colony of the general regime, having her found guilty of embezzling a million dollars, TASS reports, citing the court press service.
The convict was taken into custody in the courtroom. The civil claim of the Russian Foreign Ministry was partially satisfied – & ndash; in the amount of 67,461 rubles.
The ministry confirmed that by 2020 a large amount of money was missing. The department's leadership appealed to law enforcement, after which an employee of the Foreign Ministry & # 39; s Currency and Finance Department was cited as an accused in a criminal case.
More Earlier, the press reported that last fall the Foreign Ministry, on the eve of the fundraising, revealed a shortfall of funds in the amount of approximately $ 1 million. This is the payment received by the Russian Foreign Ministry for Iranian consular services. The Russian Embassy in Tehran was unable to send them to Moscow by wire transfer due to international sanctions, and the money was sent by diplomatic courier.
On the day of collection, Agaltsova did not show up for work, citing illness. Some of the money from the transfer was found in his office. A criminal case of theft was opened against her, which was later reclassified as an article on embezzlement. While the investigation was ongoing, the accused made a pledge not to leave.