MOSCOW, June 5 (RAPSI) – The Supreme Qualification Board of Judges on Thursday postponed the review of initiation of criminal probe against judge Irina Baranova, who is suspected of aiding corporate raiders, RAPSI reports from the board session.

The query was postponed after the Board received medical records that show Baranova’s inability to be present at the hearing. No date for further hearings was set.

In January, the Federal Security Service reported that Baranova left Russia on December 21, 2013, for a supposed vacation to Miami, Florida. The investigators have no information on whether she retuned to Russia.

Baranova’s possible involvement in a raiding attempt was revealed during the investigation into a case of a hostile takeover of a building in central Moscow.

According to investigators, the judge helped the building’s former owners, businessmen Mikhail Chernov and Mikhail Balakirev, get back their property. It is believed that Baranova convinced Chernov to bribe the judge in the case, Yulia Bespalova. In September 2013, Chernov and Balakirev were declared guilty of fraud and of attempting to launder property and received nine and seven years in prison, respectively.

If the Supreme Qualification Board of Judges approves Bastrykin’s proposal, Judge Baranova will be charged under Article 33 and Article 291 (soliciting a bribe) and Article 159 (large-scale fraud).