Sale of Vneshprombank former co-owner’s assets worth $1.7 million upheldThe Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals has dismissed an appeal of Vneshprombank former co-owner Georgy Bedzhamov, charged with large-scale embezzlement, challenging the sale of his house and two land plots at the starting price of 103.5 million rubles (about $1.7 million).12:19 31.12.2019
Ex-accountant of theater director Serebrennikov denied trial without evidence examinationMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court will consider the embezzlement case against Nina Maslyayeva, ex-chief accountant of the Seventh Studio stage company created by the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov, on general terms.17:36 30.12.2019
Defendants in case over overwork premiums to construction officials sentencedThe defendants in a case over incentive rewards paid to functionaries responsible for building works in St. Petersburg by subway construction contractors had been passed suspended sentences.12:35 30.12.2019
Contractors of Vostochny Cosmodrome construction convicted of $1.6 mln embezzlementSeveral top managers of Transengineering company, a construction contractor of Vostochny Cosmodrome facilities, have been sentenced to prison for embezzlement of nearly 100 million rubles ($1.6 million). However, the Dzerzhinsky District Court of St. Petersburg has released the defendants from punishment as they had served the imposed sentence in detention.17:53 27.12.2019
Arrest warrant upheld for son of late Russian IT businessman in embezzlement caseThe St. Petersburg City Court has upheld arrest of Denis Pshenichny, the son of the late owner of NovIT Pro IT company Valery Pshenichny, in absentia as part of an embezzlement case.16:58 27.12.2019
Former Russian senator Arashukov, his father to spend New Year holidays in detentionMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday extended detention of Rauf Arashukov and his father Raul as part of a case over organizing a criminal community until January 30.17:40 26.12.2019
Ex-Yukos lawyer’s 10-year sentence for embezzlement comes into forceA 10-year prison sentence given to Yukos oil company’s former lawyer Pavel Ivlev for embezzlement and money laundering has come into force.14:11 24.12.2019
Russian investigation into U.S. investor Calvey completedThe Investigation Committee of Russia has completed probe into Baring Vostok investment company's founder, U.S. citizen Michael Calvey, who stands charged with the 2.5-billion-ruble (about $40 million) embezzlement.10:49 24.12.2019
Ex-rector of St. Petersburg Agrarian University gets 5 years for $450k embezzlementThe former rector of the St. Petersburg Agrarian University Victor Yefimov on Monday was found guilty of embezzling of 28.6 million rubles (over $450,000) and sentenced to 5 years in a penal colony.17:00 23.12.2019
Investigators move to arrest ex-Investment Manager of Vostochny bankInvestigators have asked the Moscow Basmanny District Court to arrest Alexander Tsakunov, the former Investor Manager of Vostochny bank in criminal case over grave embezzlement.12:05 20.12.2019
Former Russian banker gets 5 years in jail for $11 mln embezzlementMoscow’s Presnensky District Court has sentenced a former president of Rosprombank Sergey Salogubov to 5 years in penal colony for embezzling more than 730 million rubles (over $11 million at the present exchange rate).12:45 17.12.2019
Ex-Moscow Region Finance Minister to be imprisoned for 14 years for $220 mln embezzlementThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow on Monday sentenced the former Finance Minister of the Moscow Region Alexey Kuznetsov to 14 years in penal colony for embezzlement of 14 billion rubles (about $220 million).14:25 16.12.2019
Investigators move to detain yet another defendant in ex-minister Abyzov embezzlement caseInvestigators had petitioned the Moscow District Basmanny Court to detain Ekaterina Zayats, a new defendant in the 4 billion-ruble ($64 million) embezzlement case involving ex-Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov.17:36 13.12.2019
Ex-chief of Russian Transport Ministry’s structure gets 5 years for embezzlementVladimir Nikolayev, ex-head of Volga-Balt Administration, the federal government institution under the Russian Ministry of Transport, has been sentenced to 5 years behind bars for embezzlement of 40 million rubles (over $630,000) allocated from the federal budget for bottom deepening.14:09 12.12.2019
Russia's deposit insurer seeks asset seizure of Vneshprombank ex-president, 17 other execsRussia’s Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA), a bankruptcy trustee of Vneshprombank, has filed a petition to attach movable and immovable property, monetary assets deposited on accounts of ex-bank president Larisa Markus and 17 other former top managers.09:50 11.12.2019
Attachment of U.S. investor Calvey’s $117k in embezzlement case upheldThe Moscow City Court denied release of over 7.5 million rubles ($117,000) belonging to Baring Vostok investment company's founder, U.S. citizen Michael Calvey, who stands charged with the 2.5-billion-ruble (about $40 million) embezzlement, from attachment.17:45 04.12.2019
Seizure of U.S. investor Calvey’s apartment overturnedThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday overturned attachment of a flat belonging to Baring Vostok investment company's founder, U.S. citizen Michael Calvey, who stands charged with the 2.5-billion-ruble (about $40 million) embezzlement.11:25 04.12.2019
Businessman gets 11 years for $15 mln Vostochny Cosmodrome embezzlementThe Blagoveshchensk City Court in Russia’s Amur Region has sentenced the head manager of Krasnoyarsk’s company USIO Dmitry Vishnevsky, to 11 years in prison for embezzlement of more than 980 million rubles (over $15 million) from budget funds allocated for the construction of Vostochny Cosmodrome.16:01 03.12.2019
Ex-regional governor’s $150k to be kept under seizure in Rosneft embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court on Monday refused to overturn seizure of nearly 10 million rubles ($150,000) belonging to the former governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Region Victor Ishayev charged in the Rosneft embezzlement case.18:06 02.12.2019
Russian Supreme Court upholds defense official's jailing in Arctic survey embezzlement caseRussia’s Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal filed by the Defense Ministry’s navigation and oceanography department chief Sergey Travin against a 7-year prison sentence for embezzling 70 million rubles ($1 million) allocated for surveying shelf limits in the Arctic Ocean.12:38 02.12.2019