Court convicts business owner for persistent social insurance non-payment and imposes prison sentence plus damages.

The court convicted the defendant of a crime under Article 218 of the Criminal Code for persistently violating social insurance rights by failing to pay contributions for over a year. The prosecution argued that the prolonged non-payment indicated a deliberate attempt to operate a business at low cost, causing significant debt to the Social Insurance Fund. The court upheld the conviction, finding the duration of non-payment established the element of persistence and deemed the ten-month prison sentence with community service appropriate given the defendant's prior record.