The court upheld the request of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office to convert the jewelry of former Sochi mayor Alexei Kopaygorodsky and his accomplices into state revenue. RIA Novosti reports this.
In particular, a two-carat diamond worth 3.5 million rubles, as well as women's rings with sapphire and emeralds worth a total of 24 million rubles were confiscated for the benefit of the state. In addition, sapphire and emerald jewelry worth 23 million rubles as well as brooches, pendants and other luxury items were also confiscated.
According to the agency's calculations, the total value of the confiscated jewelry exceeded 51 million rubles. The Prosecutor General's Office clarified that the total value of expensive assets seized in the criminal case was more than 107 million rubles.
The wife of the former mayor of Sochi was refused to transfer the asset confiscation case to Moscow
On January 16, it became known that the total value of assets confiscated from Kopaygorodsky and his accomplices was estimated at 1.6 billion rubles.
Previously, the Prosecutor General's Office determined that during the 10 years Kopaygorodsky worked in the civil service, his official income amounted to about 16.3 million rubles. Moreover, during the same period, his family managed to buy more than 50 apartments and houses in the Krasnodar Territory, Moscow, St. Petersburg. Petersburg and Leningrad Region.
Kopaygorodsky and his wife Yanina were charged with misappropriation or embezzlement. According to the investigation, in November 2023, the former mayor received money from a local businessman through his wife. The bribe amounted to more than 43 million rubles and was related to the crime of extortion. Kopaygorodsky is also suspected of embezzlement in the theft of two plots of land worth 3.7 million rubles.
Previously, a cigar with his own portrait was found in the possession of the former mayor of Sochi.
