Vitebsk resident earned over Br38 million from illegal currency exchange.

April 16, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. Vitebsk financial police have stopped illegal activities in the sphere of currency exchange operations by a Vitebsk resident, the Vitebsk Oblast Department of Financial Investigations of the State Control Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. $3.8 thousand, Br530 thousand, and 160 euros were seized from the currency dealer. The man was engaged in illegal currency operations from December 2009 to March of the current year, earning over Br38 million from his illegal trade. A criminal case has been initiated based on this fact under Part 1 of Article 233 of the Criminal Code of Belarus ("Illegal entrepreneurial activity, associated with obtaining income in particularly large amounts"). Since the beginning of the year, this is the first case of criminal prosecution for illegal foreign currency exchange in the Vitebsk region. In addition, two people have been brought to administrative responsibility for similar activities, with fines totaling over Br2.1 million. In total, currency and Belarusian rubles worth more than Br21.4 million in equivalent have been seized from illegal currency dealers. -0-