In Nizhny Tagil, a fraudster who abducted citizens' money intended for paying for funeral services.

Prosecutor's Office of the Leninsky district of Nizhny Tagil approved the indictment in the criminal case against a 37-year-old local resident. He is accused of committing a crime. 4 items. 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud in a particularly large amount).

"According to the investigation, in the period from December 2014 to July 2016, the accused, being an individual entrepreneur and carrying out economic activities in the sphere of funeral organization, received orders from clients for various works under the pretext of manufacturing and installing gravestones.

At the same time, he knew that he would not be able to fulfill the terms of the contracts. After the conclusion of several transactions, the man stopped his activities and fled, "the press service of the regional prosecutor's office.

The defendant committed the theft of funds from 127 clients for a total of more than 3.3 million rubles. The criminal case was sent for consideration on the merits in the Leninsky District Court of Nizhny Tagil. The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 10 years.