He and his two deputies are suspected of embezzling 1.2 million rubles
In Bryansk, there was a major scandal related to the director of the city lyceum No. 27, city council deputy Igor Afonin. On this Monday, December 21, he and two of his deputies, including Pavel Afonin’s son, were detained on charges of embezzling someone else’s property by deception, on an especially large scale.
According to the press service of the regional Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, according to the preliminary version, the suspects in the period from January 2012 to November 2020, by prior conspiracy, stole the budgetary funds of an educational institution totaling 1 million 260 thousand rubles. They did this by fictitious employment of a number of individuals without actually fulfilling their labor duties. The crime was solved by the officers of the regional FSB department together with the Bryansk policemen.
Today, December 24, a preventive measure for the detainees has become known. The Sovetsky District Court of Bryansk ruled to send them under house arrest. While for a period of two months. The investigation of the criminal case continues.
It should be noted that Igor Afonin is considered one of the oldest and most respected deputies of the Bryansk City Council. Has the title “Honored Teacher of Russia”. In the city council, Afonin acted as chairman of the education committee.