18:00, 27 October 2010

A group detained in Krasnodar region for suspicion of a large-scale land fraud

Participators of an organized group which included the Head of Trade Department of the Administration of Tuapse district have been detained in Krasnodar region. The detained are suspected of bribe-taking of 71 million rubles for illegal extermination of lands out of state property, Alexander Nazarov, Deputy Chief of the Department of economic security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, reported.

According to our source, the participators of the group had been planning to sell two ground areas of 3,6 hectares located in a conservation zone which were state property for 100 million rubles, Nazarov said.

The personnel of law enforcement bodies are currently investigating this fraud, RIA "Novosti" reports.