How will members of the criminal community who organized underground gaming clubs in Crimea be punished?

CrimeaPRESS reports:

The investigation of the criminal case against members of the criminal community who organized underground gaming clubs in Crimea has been completed.

The Office for the Investigation of Particularly Important Cases found that from June 2021 to March 2022, a resident of the Kemerovo region organized a criminal community to generate income from illegal gambling. Having distributed criminal functions among accomplices and managing their activities in six gambling halls in Simferopol, Kerch and Yalta, he received income from illegal gambling in excess of 70 million rubles— reported in the Investigative Committee.

The organizer is accused of creating a criminal community for the purpose of committing a crime (part 1 of article 210 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), illegal organization and conduct of gambling committed by an organized group with the extraction of income on an especially large scale (part 3 of article 171.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), and also in involving a minor in the commission of a crime (part 4 of article 150 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Other participants in the gambling business are accused of participating in a criminal community and illegal gambling.

The criminal activity of the community was revealed during special events carried out by operational officers of the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, the VOG of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the UEBiPK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Republic of Crimea.

As part of the investigation, searches were carried out in gambling establishments and in the places of residence of the accused. Seized gaming equipment, documentation of financial activities, business cards and flyers, money from illegal gaming activities— noted in the Sledkom.

The guilt of all participants in the commission of a crime is confirmed by the materials of the operational-search activity, the testimony of witnesses given during interrogations, protocols of examination of objects and documents, the conclusions of forensic examinations, as well as other materials of the criminal case.

The case materials were sent to the prosecutor’s office for the purpose of studying, signing the indictment and sending the case to court.

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