Russian businessman charged with $9 mln land plot fraud pleads not guiltyRussian businessman Ilya Sherman charged with land plot fraud estimated at about 570 million rubles (about $9 million) has pleaded not guilty.15:43 12.02.2019
Ex-regional penitentiary official put under house arrest on allegations of bribery, fraudA former chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s Lipetsk Directorate has been placed under house arrest on allegations of bribery and insurance fraud.16:59 08.02.2019
Russian businessman charged with $9 mln land plot fraud extradited from ItalyRussian businessman Ilya Sherman charged with land plot fraud estimated at about 570 million rubles (about $9 million) was extradited from Italy on Wednesday.15:04 08.02.2019
Italy to extradite Russian citizen charged with $9 mln land plot fraudItalian authorities have approved extradition of Russian businessman Ilya Sherman charged with land plot fraud estimated at about 570 million rubles (about $9 million).16:03 07.02.2019
Two former penitentiary officials convicted of state contract fraudA court in Russia’s Amur Region has sentenced two ex-regional penitentiary officials to terms ranging from 22 to 24 months in penal colony settlement for state contract fraud.13:23 05.02.2019
St. Petersburg attorney gets 13 years for murder, fraudThe Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg has sentenced a local lawyer Alexander Kaidanov to 13 years in prison for murder and large-scale fraud.10:45 24.01.2019
Paralyzed entrepreneur freed from jail following intervention by business ombudsmanThe Volokolamsk City Court in the Moscow Region has released a paralyzed entrepreneur Nikolay Gerasimenko charged with large scale fraud from detention under travel restrictions.10:44 18.01.2019
House arrest of ex-Foreign Ministry official charged with fraud overturnedThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday overturned a ruling extending house arrest for ex-deputy chief of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Corps Directorate Nazym Yusipov charged with fraud.17:42 16.01.2019
Ex-judge, attorney receive prison terms in $70k embezzlement caseMoscow’s Simonovsky District Court has convicted and sentenced ex-judge of the Moscow Commercial Court Igor Korogodov and attorney Alexander Mosin as part of a $70,000 embezzlement case.15:51 24.12.2018
Defendant in Roscosmos embezzlement case put under house arrest following partial pleaChief of the S.A. Lavochkin Scientific Union’s legal department Yekaterina Averyanova, involved in a case on embezzling 330 million rubles (about $5 million) from Roscosmos state space corporation, made a deal with investigators and pleaded partially guilty.15:35 21.12.2018
Moscow court extends bankruptcy proceedings against ex-lawmaker MitrofanovThe Moscow Commercial Court has extended by six months a bankruptcy procedure against former lawmaker of the State Duma Alexey Mitrofanov, currently hiding in Croatia on fraud charges.10:55 19.12.2018
Persons behind $150,000 theft from pensioner bank’s accounts arrested in MoscowPersons behind fraudulent theft of 10 million rubles (over $150,000) from banking accounts of Russian pensioners have been arrested.17:45 11.12.2018
Lawyer to go on trial for proposal to influence investigation - prosecutorsA criminal case against a lawyer, who had allegedly offered a businessman to influence investigation of a criminal case for 30 million rubles ($452,500) has been forwarded to the Presnensky District Court of Moscow.17:07 11.12.2018
Russian court sentences former judge to 7 years in prison in fraud caseThe Rostov Regional Court has sentenced a former judge Svetlana Martynova to 7 years in a penal colony and fined her 500,000 rubles ($7,500) as part of a criminal case over fraud.17:32 07.12.2018
Russian Supreme Court orders retrial for ex-Deputy Culture Minister PirumovThe Supreme Court of Russia on Friday ordered reconsideration of a case against ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov, who had been earlier sentenced to 1.5 years in prison and a 1-million-ruble fine ($15,000) for embezzlement.12:59 07.12.2018
Two criminal group leaders receive 15 years for skimmingA court in St. Petersburg has sentenced two skimming gang leaders Ilya Sterligov and Petr Baydak to 15 years in high security prison each for stealing money from cash dispensers with the use of fake bank cards.11:46 04.12.2018
Suspended sentence upheld for former vice-president of Royal Bank of ScotlandThe Moscow Regional Court has upheld a 4-year suspended sentence given to the former vice-president and ex-chief of security of the Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) Russian subsidiary Vsevolod Glukhovtsev for attempted fraud.11:34 16.11.2018
Co-owner of e-commerce giant Ulmart released on $370k bailA co-owner of Russian Internet retailer Ulmart Dmitry Kostygin, who stands charged with fraud, has been released from house arrest on a 25-million-ruble bail ($370,000).19:41 12.11.2018
Russian court drops case against ex-MP Voronenkov owing to his deathMoscow’s Tushinsky District Court has closed a case on large scale fraud and organizing falsification of the Unified State Register of Legal Entities against deceased ex-lawmaker Denis Voronenkov without a right to rehabilitation.14:57 29.10.2018
Attorneys of ex-FSIN director Reimer seek to lift seizure of his assetsAttorneys of Russian Federal Penitentiary Service’s (FSIN) ex-head Alexander Reimer sentenced to 8 years in prison as part of a fraud case are seeking to lift seizure of his assets so he can be released early.15:59 22.10.2018