According to the IC, funds were stolen during the installation of a video surveillance system at the stadium.
It is noted that the company that was engaged in this work attracted LLC "Group of Companies" Okhrana "as a subcontractor.
Its founder is the wanted businessman Aleksey Kobyscha.
As a result, the equipment was ordered from a German manufacturer, and then several fictitious transactions were carried out through familiar intermediaries.
“As a result of the fraudulent actions of the accused, the equipment was purchased for almost 180 million rubles more.
Currently, a number of defendants are getting acquainted with the materials of the criminal case, including entrepreneurs and their accomplices Sergey Belyaev, Andrei Sobolev, Alexander Polovko, Dmitry Sbruev and Valery Moroz.
They are accused of embezzling budgetary funds during the construction of a football stadium in St. Petersburg, "RIA Novosti quotes Bastrykin.
The stadium was built from 2007 to 2017.
During this time, the cost of its construction increased to several tens of billions of rubles.
Earlier it was reported that the former captain of "Rubin" Sergei Kharlamov received 12 years in prison for creating a financial pyramid.