“To select the accused Kononova as a preventive measure in the form of imprisonment under house arrest for 1 month and 7 days, until December 29,” RIA Novosti quotes Judge Natalya Kurysheva.

Earlier it was reported that the ex-official was detained.

According to the investigation, as a result of the scam, the district authorities lost the building, whose cadastral value is estimated at about 7.3 million rubles. The detectives found out that it passed to the relatives of Kononova.

The UK said that the defendant gave a confession.