15 Feb 2013 17:22

Russian high-ranking military commander accused of fraud - statement

MOSCOW. Feb 15 (Interfax) - Lt. Gen. Nikolai Pereslegin, a first deputy commander of the Southern Federal District, has been indicted for unlawfully using soldiers as workforce and fraud schemes with housing, the Investigative Committee's main military investigations directorate said in a statement on Friday.

"The Investigative Committee's military investigations directorate for the Strategic Rocket Forces has presented an indictment against Pereslegin. He has been charged with abuse of office and the use of a knowingly forged document," the directorate said.