Muscovite paralyzed after alleged crime sentenced to six yearsMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court sentenced to six years in prison Monday Muscovite Vladimir Topekhin, a 31-year-old former auditor that was badly injured in a car accident after having committed his alleged crime, his attorney told RAPSI.11:43 14.01.2014
Fraudsters steal over $2.1 mln from Russian bank accountsPolice have arrested a group of four fraudsters that are believed to have stolen over 70 million rubles from Russian bank accounts, the Russian Interior Ministry announced Monday.11:08 13.01.2014
Russian lawyer flees courtroom before sentencing for 35 mln ruble fraudA lawyer from the southwestern Russian city of Belgorod, who is accused of a 35 million ruble ($1 mln) fraud, fled the courthouse during trial, and was sentenced in absentia to six years in prison.14:38 10.01.2014
Russian Communist lawmaker pleads not guilty to fraudState Duma lawmaker Konstantin Shirshov of the Communist Party denied fraud charges pleaded not guilty to fraud charges before the Moscow City Court on Friday.16:25 27.12.2013
BTA Bank ex-CEO's associate freed from detention in Moscow – reportThe Russian Interior Ministry's Investigative Department has released Yelena Tischenko, a close associate of Kazakh billionaire and former chairman of the board of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov.10:40 26.12.2013
Defendants seek dismissal of US case on alleged Russian tax fraudPrevezon Holdings Ltd., owned by Russian businessman Denis Katsyv, filed a motion to dismiss a complaint by US prosecutors accusing the former and its affiliates in connection with a money laundering scheme allegedly linked to a large-scale Russian tax fraud.17:18 25.12.2013
All diplomats accused of insurance fraud in US return to Russia – officialAll diplomats accused of state medical insurance fraud in the US have already returned to Russia, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Voice of Russia radio on Wednesday.16:53 25.12.2013
French prosecutors support extradition of fugitive Russian officialFrench prosecutors fully support the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office request to extradite Alexei Kuznetsov, a former finance minister of the Moscow Region, who is sought after the $333 million fraud, a Prosecutor General’s Office representative told RIA Novosti on Friday.10:26 20.12.2013
Ex-Moscow Region official faces charges in $333 mln fraud schemeAlexei Kuznetsov, the former finance minister of the Moscow Region, will be charged in connection with an 11 billion ruble (over $333 million) fraud once he has been extradited from France.18:15 18.12.2013
Major banks face civil mortgage fraud charges in US – reportThe US Justice Department plans to file civil fraud charges against Citigroup Inc. and Merril Lynch over the sale of botched mortgage securities before the 2008 financial crisis.11:58 18.12.2013
Ukrainian “criminal pioneer” sentenced to 18 years for US cybercrimesA Ukrainian national referred to by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) as “one of the world’s most prolific cybercriminals” and by prosecutors as a “criminal pioneer” was sentenced by a US federal court Thursday to 18 years in prison in connection with his role in co-founding a website that operated as a marketplace for stolen financial data, hacking, and money laundering.12:53 13.12.2013
Russian diplomats accused of fraud in US return to MoscowSeveral Russian diplomats accused by US prosecutors of state medical insurance fraud in New York have returned to Moscow, a relative of one of them told RIA Novosti.10:30 11.12.2013
US publishes list of Russians suspected of insurance fraudUS prosecutors announced Thursday that 49 former and current Russian diplomats and their wives have been charged in connection with a widespread health care fraud scheme.11:10 06.12.2013
Russia-based Nigerian fraudsters steal $400,000 from French companyRussian police have arrested members of an international organized criminal group from Nigeria that stole over $400,000 from a French company.13:20 28.11.2013
Legal experts discuss fraud, arbitration at English Law Week in MoscowEnglish and Russian law experts spoke Wednesday on topics ranging from fraud and offshore zones to the enforceability of international arbitration awards in Russia during Wednesday’s session of English Law Week, hosted at the British Embassy in Moscow.19:59 20.11.2013
Two Russian nationals detained in Thailand on suspicion of fraud - reportTwo Russian nationals have been detained in Thailand on suspicion of fraudulent card use.10:51 18.11.2013
Indian national gets 6.5 years for $18 mln fraud in MoscowThe Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow has sentenced Indian national Jitender Kumar Singla to 6.5 years in prison for defrauding Moscow government of more than 600 million rubles ($18 million).12:34 14.11.2013
Russia extends investigation into Ex-Defense Minister – reportRussian authorities have extended an investigation involving ex-Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov until 2014, Kommersant newspaper reported Wednesday.15:14 06.11.2013
US seizes Ukraine former prime minister's $6m California mansionUS authorities have confiscated the $6.75 million California mansion of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko in connection with his money laundering conviction nearly a decade ago and have also sanctioned the seizure of a Pablo Picasso lithograph that he is believed to own.11:28 05.11.2013
Ablyazov's close associate to remain in detention - reportMoscow's Tverskoy District Court has extended until February the detention on fraud and money laundering charges of Yelena Tischenko, a close associate of Kazakh billionaire and former chairman of the board of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov.10:55 31.10.2013