The Ministry of Internal Affairs detained the Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Karachevo-Cherkess Republic and six more people in the case of embezzlement of more than 100 million rubles, large sums of money were seized at their places of residence during the search, reported the press services of the ministry and the FSB.
“The community specialized in embezzlement of federal budget funds in especially large amounts allocated under the state health development program, including the purchase of medicines, medical equipment, as well as the payment of salaries to medical workers,” the report says.
The group includes employees and managers of the Republican Clinical Hospital, as well as individual entrepreneurs. In the case (brought under part 3 of article 210 of the Criminal Code), members of the criminal community face up to two years in prison.
The ministry does not name the detained deputy chairman of the government of the KChR, however “News” and other media report that we are talking about Irina Gerbekova. She led the Republican Clinical Hospital as head physician in 2010-2011, and also from 2015 to 2020.
Gerbekova is a member of the United Russia party, she is the deputy chairman of the KChR government took in 2021.
According to Kommersant, a criminal case against her was opened three months ago, at the same time the deputy chief physician Vasily Babichev, who was Gerbekova’s subordinate in 2015-2020, was detained. His wife, an individual entrepreneur with whom the hospital entered into contracts for work and services, and the chief accountant of the hospital are also involved in the case.
Newstracker.ru, 06/27/2023, “Deputy Prime Minister of the KChR could be taken into custody in the republican hospital – source”: In January of this year, it became known that the former deputy chief physician testified against Irina Gerbekova, but later retracted them. And today, NewsTracker has learned that the deputy chairman of the KChR is in the republican hospital with a broken rib, coccyx and concussion under escort. — Inset K.ru
Mash Gor, 06/28/2023 01:22 PM: According to our information, Gerbekova is now in the same hospital – she is being treated in surgery after she fell down the stairs at work. — Inset K.ru
The investigation believed that the group withdrew millions of rubles from the hospital’s budget through fictitious contracts and imaginary deals. Izvestia named the names of people whom the investigation suspects of involvement in the organized criminal group: Babichev, Turkmenov, Arutyunyan, Ilyicheva, Cherkesova, as well as individual entrepreneurs Limanskaya and Babicheva.
@kavkaz_leakbez, 30.04.2020 13:27: Irina Gerbekova, newly admitted to the government of the republic in the status of Deputy Prime Minister last year, the person involved in more than 20 criminal cases costs Rashid Temrezov inexpensive. Inexpensive, even taking into account the fact that with his eyes closed he gives her free rein to petty theft, which is attached and relies in the KChR for every position.
But Gerbekova works in contrast to the vast majority of high-ranking members of the KChR government. “This one at least works out,” Rashid Temrezov sometimes turns on the ratio. — Inset K.ru
@kremlin_mother_expert, 25.04.2023 11:31: And Irina Gerbekova entered the government of the republic under Rashid Temrezov, who earlier, as head physician of the blood transfusion station, committed fraud for ₽288.6 million.