A married couple from Vitebsk took out more than Br20 million in loans from banks and left for Russia

April 6, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A couple from Vitebsk took out loans totaling over Br20 million from banks and left for Russia, the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Zheleznodorozhny District Department of Internal Affairs of Vitebsk informed a BELTA correspondent. In 2008, an employee of a private sewing company and her husband, a crane operator, took out about 15 loans from banks in the regional center, with their acquaintances acting as guarantors. The couple then quit their jobs, sold their apartment, and moved to St. Petersburg. When it was time to pay the bills, the guarantors were left holding the bag. Four of them refused to pay for the fraudsters and contacted law enforcement agencies. A criminal case has been initiated against the couple for large-scale fraud under Part 3 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Belarus, which provides for up to 7 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property. An investigation is underway. -0-