Putin signed a law raising thresholds in a number of economic articles of the Criminal Code

President Vladimir Putin signed law on increasing the threshold values ​​for determining large and especially large damages in relation to economic articles in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. In particular, the thresholds were raised in Art. 159 (fraud), art. 178 (restriction of competition) and Art. 199 (tax evasion).

According to the document, changes to the threshold values ​​were made to the following articles of the Criminal Code:

• in Art. 159 (fraud), damage in the amount of at least 250 thousand rubles is now considered significant. (previously – at least 10 thousand rubles), large – the value of property exceeding 4.5 million rubles. (previously – 3 million rubles), especially large ones – exceeding 18 million rubles. (previously – 12 million rubles);
• in Art. 171.5 (illegal issuance of consumer loans) damage is considered major if the amount of loans issued exceeds 3.5 million rubles. (previously – 2 million 250 thousand rubles);
• in Art. 172.3 (failure to include in financial documents information about funds placed by individuals and individual entrepreneurs), a large amount of damage is recognized as the amount of hidden funds exceeding 4.5 million rubles. for the period of one financial year (previously – more than 3 million rubles);
• in Art. 178 (restriction of competition), income of 80 million rubles is recognized as income on a large scale. (previously 50 million rubles), income in an especially large amount – 395 million rubles. (previously – 250 million rubles). The amount of 16 million rubles was recognized as major damage. (previously – 10 million rubles), especially large ones – 47.5 million rubles. (previously – 30 million rubles);
• in Art. 185.6 (illegal use of insider information) the thresholds for damage, income, and losses on a large scale have been increased from 3 million 750 thousand rubles. up to an amount exceeding RUB 5.5 million;
• in Art. 193.1 (transfer of funds in foreign currency to the accounts of non-residents using forged documents), the act will be considered committed on a large scale if the amount of illegally transferred funds exceeds 13.5 million rubles. (previously – 9 million rubles), in an especially large amount – 65 million rubles. (previously – 45 million rubles);
• in Art. 199 (tax evasion), a large amount is recognized as an amount of taxes (or contributions) exceeding 18 million 750 thousand rubles. for three financial years (previously – 15 million rubles), in a particularly large amount – exceeding 56 million 250 thousand rubles. (previously – 45 million rubles);
• in Art. 199.1 (failure to fulfill the duty of a tax agent), the amount of taxes exceeding 18 million 750 thousand rubles over three financial years is considered large. (previously – 15 million rubles), especially large – exceeding 56 million 250 thousand rubles. (previously – 40 million rubles);
• in Art. 200.3 (raising funds from citizens in violation of the requirements of the law on participation in shared construction), the act will be considered committed on a large scale if the amount of funds raised exceeds 4.5 million rubles. (previously – 3 million rubles), in a particularly large one – 7.5 million rubles. (previously – 5 million rubles).

The law also decriminalizes a number of crimes. In particular, we are talking about illegal entrepreneurship associated with the extraction of income on a large and especially large scale, and the illegal use of warning labels. The law comes into force ten days after its publication.