The State Duma approved in the first reading criminal liability for violation of the work of collectors

The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill that amends the Criminal Code on the liability of collectors for illegal activities. Threats and violence are expected to be punished by up to ten years in prison.

The bill was introduced by a group of deputies in June. The reason for the emergence of the initiative was the increase in the number of citizens’ complaints against creditors, follows from the explanatory note.

Collectors will be criminally liable if they use violence, threaten to use it, destroy or damage property (or threaten to do so), disseminate deliberately false information that discredits the honor and dignity of the debtor. For this, it is proposed to introduce a fine of 300-500 thousand rubles. or in the amount of income for a period of up to three years, forced labor up to five years, or imprisonment up to five years. The maximum penalty of ten years’ imprisonment is provided for a crime committed as part of an organized group.

On the market reaction to the bill – in the material “Kommersant” “Claimants will be given new terms”.

Leonid Uvarchev