Five residents of Chuvashia were accused of illegally cashing out over 5.5 billion

In Chuvashia, a criminal case on the illegal cashing of more than 5.5 billion rubles will be considered in court. This was announced on August 6 by the regional prosecutor's office.

"Five local residents are charged under clauses "a" and "b" of Part 2 of Article 172 ("Illegal banking activity"), part 2 of Article 187 ("Illegal circulation of funds of payments"), paragraphs "a" and "b" of part 4 of Article 174.1 ("Legalization of funds acquired as a result of the commission of crimes") of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation," the agency's Telegram channel says.

It is noted that in the period from March 2013 to March 2018, they cashed out funds from third parties in order to evade taxes, as well as illegally withdraw funds from organizations. During this time, the suspects have cashed out more than 5.5 billion rubles.

It is specified that the members of the criminal group received illegal income in the amount of more than 330 million rubles. Some of the funds received were legalized through the acquisition of property and real estate, the prosecutor's office added.

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On July 17, the press service of the Federal Customs Service informed Izvestia that in January–June 2025, the smuggling of precious and semi-precious stones, gold, precious metals and jewelry made from them was stopped for 753.4 million rubles. The customs authorities have initiated 63 criminal cases on the facts of their illegal movement.

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