The four MiG-31 supersonic long-range fighter jets, known as Foxhounds, were sold for 153 roubles (£3.30) eac
The military corruption scandal, that cost the government about $55 million, underscored endemic fraud in Russia's armed forces.
Andrei Silyakov, a former employee of the state Federal Reserve Agency, illegally included the warplanes on a list of state assets to be sold, the Nizhny Novgorod regional court said in a statement on its website.
The four MiG-31 supersonic long-range fighter jets, known as Foxhounds, were sold for 153 roubles (£3.30) each from state-owned Sokol aviation plant in Nizhny Novgorod, 400km (250 miles) east of Moscow.
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