Legal treatment of embezzlement of federal subsidies for multiple-child families

Federal subsidies for multiple-child families (maternity capital) is a social benefit introduced by the Federal Law No. 256-FZ «About additional measures of the state support of the families having children» of December 29, 2006. Their specific purpose and application complicate the criminal treatment of affiliates in cases of fraud and public money embezzlement. The paper describes three most common cases of illegal actions connected with these federal subsidies: illegal receipt of the Government maternity capital certificate; illegal receipt of maternity capital by the holder of the certificate; illegal receipt of maternity capital with the assistance of a banking or any other institution employees. The conclusions are made that since January 1, 2013 illegal receipt of the Government maternity capital certificate as such is not a punishable offence by the general rule; the legal holders of the Government certificates, who use the services of «agencies» that cash maternity capital, must bear criminal responsibility along with the employees of the «agencies» as accomplices.

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