In Chechnya, military financier sentenced for fraud

The former Chief Financial Officer of a ministry unit of the Russian Ministry of Defence, deployed in Chechnya, who was accused of fraud and embezzlement of large amounts of money, was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 roubles.

On November 28, the Grozny Garrison Military Court pronounced the verdict to Maxim Morozov, the former Chief Financial Officer of the ministry unit of the Russian Ministry of Defence. Maxim Morozov was charged of commitment of a crime under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud committed on a large scale).

"The guilt of Maxim Morozov of commitment of the crime has been proven in court, and he was sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment in a common security penal colony and to a fine of 500,000 roubles," the "Caucasian Knot" was told by a source in the military commandant office of Chechnya.

According to investigators, from December to January 2007, by committing fraud, Maxim Morozov stole 22,879,000 roubles from the cash register of the military unit, allocated for additional payments to military men, involved in counterterrorism operations.