This was reported by the joint press service of the courts of the Krasnodar Territory.

“Depending on the role and degree of participation of each of the defendants in the commission of the crime, three of them were sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three to seven years to be served in a general regime colony,” the statement says.

Two more were sentenced to forced labor for a period of three and a half and four years, the rest were sentenced to suspended imprisonment for terms of two to four years.

Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs warned about a new theft scheme through the fast payment system.