Crimean businessman sentenced to two years in prison for stealing 32 million rubles from his ex-wife

Verdict in the case of the theft of 32 million rubles

In Crimea, a court found a 56-year-old businessman guilty of stealing 32 million rubles from his ex-wife and sentenced him to two years in prison under Part 4 of Article 158 of the Russian Criminal Code. This was reported by the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the region, whose materials were cited by Gazeta.Ru.

How the theft was solved

According to the police, the theft took place in September 2023, when the businessman's ex-wife left for another city for an extended period with her son. The man, wearing gloves, broke into her home, found a stash of money hidden under the bed, including foreign currency, and stole it. The woman only noticed the loss in May 2024 and turned to law enforcement.

Evidence and confession

The first lead was a cash withdrawal receipt for 50 thousand rubles found on the floor, which did not belong to the victim — it turned out to be her ex-husband's receipt. The man denied any involvement, citing his own business income and doubting that his ex-wife could have kept such sums. However, the police established that at the time of the theft his business was experiencing financial problems, which were then unexpectedly resolved by large injections of cash.

The banknote with DNA

During a search of the suspect's apartment, foreign currency was found under a computer mouse pad: he claimed it was his own money, but forensic examination detected traces of the victim's DNA on the banknote. After that, the businessman confessed: he had installed cameras in his ex-wife's apartment to find out where she kept her savings, stole the money at a convenient moment, invested most of it in cryptocurrency, and moved the rest abroad. The recovered banknote had been set aside 'for a rainy day' and forgotten.