In Krasnoyarsk, a lawyer decided to deceive her client for money and received a sentence (video)

In Krasnoyarsk, a lawyer was sent to a colony for attempted fraud while handling a client’s case. This was reported to the regional prosecutor's office.

According to the supervisory authority, in December 2023, a 46-year-old local resident, accused of several counts of fraud for providing legal services without the necessary qualifications, contacted a Krasnoyarsk lawyer. The woman hoped to avoid severe punishment and was looking for a lawyer to advise and fight her case in court.

At the meeting, the 50-year-old lawyer convinced the fraudster that she had a trusting relationship with officials of the court and the prosecutor’s office and promised to release her from the actual sentence for a fee of 6.2 million rubles. She later notified the woman that she had agreed to transfer the case to the “right” judge.

“The parties agreed to transfer the money in two parts. However, the client had suspicions, and she contacted the regional Federal Security Service of Russia. When transferring the first part of the amount of 3.2 million rubles, the lawyer was detained. While under recognizance not to leave, the woman went to the border of the country, where she hid from the investigation, after which she was taken into custody,” the prosecutor’s office said.

The lawyer admitted guilt. The woman explained that she did not have any agreements with the court and the prosecutor’s office, but simply wanted to get money. She was found guilty of attempted fraud on an especially large scale (Part 3 of Article 30, Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and was sent to a general regime colony for 2 years 10 months.

Previously, her client was convicted of fraud (Part 2 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and sentenced to suspended imprisonment.