MOSCOW, September 11 (RAPSI) – A criminal case has been opened against Kamchatka Region’s Health Minister Tatyana Lemeshko on suspicion of embezzling 22 million rubles (about $315,000), the press service of Russia’s Investigative Committee reports Tuesday.

Investigation has been also opened against two alleged accomplices of the minister, the statement reads.

According to investigators, in 2017, Lemeshko conspired with a businessman and his lawyer to embezzle funds in the ministry’s custody allocated for health development in the region. The defendants allegedly stole at least 22 million rubles by implementing a deal on purchasing non-residential properties at an overvalued price.