A lawyer accused of fraud worth 1.2 million rubles was brutally murdered in Kazan 
Kazan. The body of a 36-year-old lawyer was found in one of the city's apartments with multiple stab wounds. This was reported on Monday, November 15, by the BUSINESS Online portal.
According to the newspaper, the body of Pavel Borovkov was found on November 12. On this fact, a criminal case was initiated under Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Murder”).
The man was accused of fraud using his official position. According to the investigation, for more than a year he received compensation from the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Tatarstan for working as a state lawyer by appointment, representing the interests of citizens of the privileged category in court.
However, law enforcement officers believe that the documents on the provision of lawyer services provided by Borovkov to the Ministry of Justice were fake. Borovkov was detained on suspicion of fraud at the beginning of 2020. Then the lawyer was deprived of his lawyer status and put under house arrest.
The damage from his actions is estimated at 1.2 million rubles. The next hearing in the Borovkov case is scheduled for December 1. It is assumed that the lawyer provided about 40 fake certificates about the services provided. Some of them do not even have numbers and dates. Borovkov immediately admitted his guilt.
One of the evidence in the case against the lawyer was the testimony of his alleged clients. They confirmed that Borovkov did not work with them.
It is clarified that the list of reimbursable costs includes not only the services of a lawyer, but also expenses for travel and rental housing on a business trip.