17 April, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. A Vitebsk teacher-turned-businessman defrauded Minsk companies of almost Br100 million, Dmitry Orekhva, senior prosecutor of the department for supervision of the legality of court decisions in criminal cases of the Vitebsk region prosecutor's office, told a BELTA correspondent. In March 2011, the former teacher, born in 1984, decided to earn money fraudulently and for this purpose went to the capital to "establish" business contacts. Using forged documents, the "director" collected outerwear and underwear, flowers, leather goods, and other products for further sale on a prepayment basis, which he then sold at a price below cost. In total, 11 Minsk enterprises of various forms of ownership suffered from the actions of the enterprising businessman. The Vitebsk resident's deception was revealed when it was time to pay the bills. Taking into account the full admission of guilt and the almost complete reimbursement of the damage caused, the court sentenced the young man to four and a half years of restriction of liberty and treatment for alcohol dependence.-0-

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