This category gathers articles about Nizhny Novgorod residents convicted by a court of fraud and related crimes for gain — misappropriation, embezzlement, abuse of authority. They include Matushka Fotinia, convicted by the Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court in 1996, and Dmitry Arzhanov, co-owner of an energy retail holding, sentenced in 2026 in a case of embezzling 15 billion roubles.