"According to the investigation, unidentified persons from bureau number 33 - a branch of the Federal State Institution" Main Bureau of Medical and Social Expertise in Moscow "of the Ministry of Labor from 2015 to the end of 2018 made decisions on the establishment of various disability groups for 238 citizens," the statement said.
It is noted that decisions on the basis of which citizens subsequently received disability pensions, a single cash payment and a regional social supplement for pensions were taken without examination of citizens and in the absence of objective grounds confirming a violation of their health.
According to law enforcement agencies, the total damage to the Pension Fund and the budget of the capital amounted to 197.9 million rubles.
In December, it was reported that metropolitan investigators were checking media data on the increasing incidence of depriving sick children of disability status.