Russian choreographer allegedly spent dance class funds on himself YAKUTSK, Russia, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- A Russian choreographer is accused of embezzling money from a fund to send his children's dance class to a French dance festival, local prosecutors said. The unnamed 25-year-old man in the Siberian republic of Yakutia collected 1.1 million rubles ($33,000) from his 19 young students for a trip to an international dance festival in France, but allegedly "spent the money for his own purposes, renting three apartments in [the city of] Yakutsk, going shopping and visiting the 'Sputnik' gay night club. In all he managed to embezzle 335,000 rubles [$10,050]," prosecutors said. When arrested, he said his bank ATM card had been stolen, but a bank camera allegedly caught him withdrawing cash. He was charged with fraud, embezzlement and misappropriation, the Russian news agency RIA-Novosti reported Wednesday.