MOSCOW, June 10 (RAPSI) – On June 12 a court in Italy will consider the possible extradition of a businessman, suspected of large-scale fraud, to Russia, Kommersant newspaper writes.

A request to extradite Vasily Labzin was sent to the Turin court by Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office. Labzin is head of the Sivma group of photo businesses, baby food and warehouse services companies.

According to Kommersant, Labzin was arrested in January 2014 in Italy, where he moved from his villa in Menton, a resort city on the French Riviera 30 km from Nice. Interpol put Labzin on the international wanted list on suspicion of large-scale fraud in 2013.

“The victims in this case are Deputy Interior Minister, Colonel General Igor Zubov and his son, a businessman. The investigators believe that Zubov and his family lost their apartment at Skolkovo and an antique collection as a result of the fraud,” reads a statement by the Interior Ministry Department for the Odintsovo District of the Moscow Region, where Skolkovo is located.

An inside source told the newspaper that the police decided to investigate Labzin’s commercial activity because they suspected him of tax evasion, VAT manipulation and failure to transfer revenues to Russia. This implies that more charges could be brought against the businessman.

Information that was uncovered in 2011 showed that Sivma owed HiPP, one of the world’s largest baby food producers, over EUR 5 million for product supplied between July and November 2007. Under that case, court officers seized Sivma’s real property including buildings and land in the Odintsovo District. The company repaid its debts soon afterward, and the Moscow Commercial Court dismissed Sivma’s bankruptcy case.