Moscow. Farid Akberov – APA. Former chief of Russian Defense Ministry’s property department Yevgenia Vasilyeva sentenced to 5 years in jail.
Earlier Vasilieva was found guilty of the Oboronservis $3-billion embezzlement case by Presnensky Court, TASS reports.
According to the sentence, after taking the position of chief of the Defence Ministry’s property relations department in 2010, Vasilieva devised a criminal embezzlement scheme. In effecting the plan she used the authority and powers her position implied.
Also, the judge said the court had found Vasilieva, guilty of legalizing (laundering) embezzled financial proceeds from the sale of Defence Ministry assets. According to the sentence, the stolen funds were transferred to the accounts of firms owned by Vasilieva’s accomplices for ostensibly provided services.