Convicted Russian banker Matvei Urin charged in another fraud case - reportAnother case has been opened against Russian banker Matvei Urin who was convicted and sentenced in 2011 for a road-rage incident. He is now suspected of having embezzled $2.7 million from Slavyansky Bank.10:49 28.05.2014
Gazprom subsidiary alleges fraud in $43-million project in VenezuelaGazprom Latin America Servicios C.A. (Gazprom), the world's biggest natural gas producer’s subsidiary, alleges fraudulent conduct during the construction and installation of a natural gas compression plant in Venezuela estimated at $43 million.10:41 27.05.2014
Russian lawmaker sentenced to 5 years for attempted fraudThe Moscow City Court on Monday sentenced state lawmaker Konstantin Shirshov to five years in prison for attempted EUR 7.5 million fraud, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.17:09 26.05.2014
Prosecutor seeks 6 years in prison for Russian lawmakerDuring the trial at Moscow City Court the prosecutor demanded six years in prison for state lawmaker Konstantin Shirshov who is accused of fraud, RAPSI reports from the court on Wednesday.14:56 14.05.2014
Moscow court returns Navalny brothers Yves Rocher embezzlement case to prosecutorsMoscow's Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Monday ruled to return a case against opposition activist Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg to prosecutors.17:56 28.04.2014
Suspects in large Moscow property fraud case found in Israel - reportFour suspects in a fraud case involving 120 properties in Moscow, 30 of which are architectural landmarks, have been found in Germany and Israel, Kommersant newspaper writes on Monday.11:52 28.04.2014
Russian police hunt for school test answers leakersPolice is on the hunt for the individuals that are leaking the answers to the standardized school test in the upcoming Unified State Exam, according to the statement released by the Interior Ministry on Friday.14:33 25.04.2014
Sentence upheld in $15 mn Czech investment company fraud caseThe Moscow City Court has upheld the sentences of two people who were convicted of defrauding a senior manager at the Czech company PPF Investments (PPFI) Ltd in a $15 million fraud case, RAPSI learned from the court Thursday.15:03 24.04.2014
Polish court postpones extradition hearing on Russian “amber king”The District Court in Gdansk has postponed the hearing of the request for the extradition of Viktor Bogdan, known as the “Amber King” of Russia’s Kaliningrad Region, until May 13, the court’s press secretary, Tomasz Adamski, told RIA Novosti.13:47 23.04.2014
Belarusian worker prosecuted for overdrawing $170kA criminal case has been initiated after a Belarusian laborer drew more than $170,000 from an ATM as a result of banking error, Belarus Investigative Committee reports on Monday.13:53 21.04.2014
Infamous Carberp hackers convicted in MoscowTwo of the Carberp group hackers who developed one of the world’s largest botnets and stole money remotely from computers in Russia and Ukraine, have been convicted in Moscow, the Russian Interior Ministry announced today.12:27 21.04.2014
London court retains freeze order in Kazakhstan Kagazy fraud caseA GBP 72 million global freezing order will remain in place against former Kazakhstan Kagazy director Maksat Arip in connection with the fraud proceedings pending against him in the UK, and the case will be subject to Kazakh law.23:57 02.04.2014
Attorney representing Russians in ECHR suspected of more fraudSix new cases have been opened against Taisiya Baskayeva, an attorney at the Moscow Regional Law Chamber who was arrested on 42 counts of fraud in late March, announced the North Ossetian department of the Russian Investigative Committee.16:10 02.04.2014
Two plead guilty in New York to Ukrainian fraud conspiracyTwo men pleaded guilty this week to charges related to a large-scale money laundering scheme carried out in the US, but orchestrated out of Ukraine, according to a statement released by the US Department of Justice Tuesday.14:41 02.04.2014
Russian flight attendant pleads guilty to US money-laundering conspiracyA young Russian flight attendant who spent over two years in Canadian custody before being extradited to the US on fraud charges last month has pleaded guilty to one count of money-laundering conspiracy.14:58 28.03.2014
California state senator charged with arms-trafficking conspiracyA California state senator was arrested Tuesday on charges of arms-trafficking conspiracy and honest services fraud as part of a large-scale crackdown on organized crime.18:02 27.03.2014
Associate of convicted arms dealer Bout complains of flawed US trialRichard Chichakli, an associate of convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, filed a letter Tuesday raising complaints about the US trial that led to his recent conviction.13:30 26.03.2014
Defendants in US case on $230 mln Russian tax fraud move to dismiss, againrguing that a complaint filed by US prosecutors over a Russian tax fraud scheme allegedly linked to the death of Sergei Magnitsky lacks any merit, defendants filed a new motion to dismiss.14:36 24.03.2014
Attorney tried to steal major Russian retailer founder's inheritanceMoscow-based attorney, Yelena Panova, has been arrested for fraud after filing a claim that the son of a Tula Region woman she represented has rights in the Yevgeny Mylnikov inheritance distribution ruling, Kommersant reported Friday. Yevgeny Mylnikov was a founder of then major Sedmoi Kontinent grocery store chain and died in 2012.13:28 21.03.2014
NYC socialite Janna Bullock loses bid to bring Russian looting case in USThe decision to toss out a corporate-looting case filed in New York by glamorous Russian real estate mogul Janna Bullock was well reasoned and appropriate, a US federal appeals court held Tuesday.13:15 19.03.2014