In Krasnoyarsk, employees of the Zodchiy Homeowners' Association were convicted of real estate fraud (video)

In Krasnoyarsk, the court sentenced the employees of the Zodchiy Homeowners' Association for fraud on an especially large scale.

The press service of the regional prosecutor's office reported that in the fall of 2005, at meetings at the Krasnoyarsk mayor's office, a decision was made regarding the unfinished house on st. Extreme, 12. The facility was more than 80% ready: it had a heating circuit, utility networks and 84 apartments according to the project. HOA “Zodchiy” received house for completion along with a list of investors. After that a multi-stage fraudulent scheme arose.

The leaders of the partnership united into an organized group. Under the guise of legal contracts, they forced investors sign papers with vague terms about additional payments for “completion of construction.” Fake estimates and certificates of completed work were used. The scammers demanded inflated amounts even after the house was put into operation in 2010.

Those who disagreed were excluded from the list of shareholders unilaterally, and their apartments were re-registered as dummies or transferred to non-residential stock – for offices andwhether shops. Forged contract agreements, assignments of rights, and fictitious minutes of meetings were used. False information was included in the technical passport of the BTI, reducing the number of apartments from 84 to 76.

“As a result, the HOA did not complete the house; in 2015ode went bankrupt, and 15 investors lost their rights to housing and more than 11 million rublesleicontributed for completion. Even at the investigation stage, the prosecutor's office secured the seizure of 15 real estate properties so that the money could be returned to the victims. The victims filed claims – the court satisfied them in full in the amount of over 25 million rubleslei taking into account the cost of similar housing,” – clarified by the supervisory authority.

The court found guilty of fraud By Part 4 Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, an accountant of a homeowners' association, who falsified calculations of additional payments and cash books, as well as security guardwho registered apartments for dummies and signed fictitious documents. She was sentenced to 6 years, he was sentenced to 4 years in prison. ABOUTba are taken into custody in the courtroom. The seizure of the property of key defendants has been maintained until full compensation for the damage.

Criminal cases against two The HOA chairmen did not go to court. They signed a contract for military service and did not return from the combat zone.

We would like to add that currently the prosecutor’s office continues to participate in the consideration of 6 criminal cases of defrauding shareholders.

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