A Belpochta employee from Vitebsk was sentenced to 2.5 years for embezzling Br23 million.

April 25, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A former Belpochta employee from Vitebsk has been sentenced to two and a half years for embezzlement, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate's Economic Crimes Department (UBEP) informed a BELTA correspondent. An operator at one of the branches of the regional center's RUP "Belpochta", being a financially responsible person, intentionally carried out an incorrect electronic transaction for crediting funds to the bank from late April to August 2010, which allowed her to steal money from the cash desk. Thus, in four months, the 28-year-old woman managed to illegally seize Br23.1 million. For embezzlement on a large scale, the Vitebsk resident has been sentenced to two and a half years of imprisonment with confiscation of property and deprivation of the right to hold certain positions for 5 years. -0-