Navalny brothers indicted on Yves Rocher fraud chargesFederal investigators formally charged opposition activist and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg with fraud in a case involving cosmetics company Yves Rocher Vostok.19:48 29.10.2013
Estonia to extradite fugitive Russian ex-lawmakerThe Justice Ministry of Estonia has decided to extradite fugitive banker and ex-lawmaker Alexander Dmitriyev to Russia.16:04 24.10.2013
Police break up Moscow psychic ring that earned $6.3 mlnPolice in Moscow have rounded up a gang of would-be psychics that earned around 200 million rubles ($6.3 million) by offering to solve people’s personal problems through magic.13:23 23.10.2013
Russian flight crew union boss denies fraud chargesExecutive director of the Sheremetyevo flight crews union Alexei Shlyapnikov has denied involvement in an attempt to defraud an Aeroflot official of 100 million rubles ($3 mln).13:56 22.10.2013
Former Moscow Region finance minister's extradition to be heard on Dec.19A French court will consider on December 19 a request for extradition of Alexei Kuznetsov, the former finance minister of the Moscow Region suspected of major fraud.15:19 18.10.2013
Head of security at the Russian Royal Bank of Scotland to remain in detentionThe Moscow City Court on Friday has rejected the appeal against the extension of arrest for Vsevolod Glukhovtsev, a vice president and head of security at the Royal Bank of Scotland's Russian subsidiary, who is accused of fraud.12:44 18.10.2013
Criminal case against Navalny brothers lawful – courtThe Moscow City Court on Monday turned down the motion to dismiss a criminal case against opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg, over fraud and embezzlement from the Yves Rocher company.15:52 14.10.2013
Ex-defense minister still a witness in property fraud case - attorneyFormer Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyokov remains a witness in a “Oboronservis” defense property faud scandal, his attorney Genrikh Padva told RAPSI on Friday.13:06 04.10.2013
Group suspected of selling Russian political offices arrested in MoscowPolice have detained members of an organized criminal group that allegedly offered high-ranking governmental positions for sale, the Interior Ministry reports on Thursday.11:11 03.10.2013
Russians among 55 implicated in California identity theft, tax fraud schemeFour federal grand jury indictments were unsealed last week accusing 55 people – Russian, Kazakh, Turkmen, and Uzbek nationals among them – of having engaged in various illicit acts including large-scale identity theft and fraudulent tax refunds.16:25 02.10.2013
Russian, Kazakh nationals pursue alleged car fraud scheme in US courtsA group of Russian and Kazakh citizens have banded together to tackle an alleged car fraud scheme through the US courts. Nine Russian and two Kazakh citizens alleged in a motion to intervene in an underlying case that they had fallen victim to a fraudulent scheme devised by defendants – three New Jersey based car companies that allegedly target foreign nationals, and their owners.13:27 02.10.2013
Estonian court refuses to extradite fugitive Russian ex-lawmakerDistrict court of Tallin on Tuesday cancelled the extradition to Russia of a fugitive banker and ex-lawmaker Alexander Dmitriyev, who was detained in Estonia in January on fraud charges.14:36 01.10.2013
Appeal against Navalny brothers' Yves Rocher fraud case to be heard on Oct.9The Moscow City Court will consider on October 9 an appeal against an order on institution of criminal proceedings against opposition blogger Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg.13:02 30.09.2013
Seven detained in alleged Gazprom shareholder fraudSeven men have been detained in Moscow on suspicion of having embezzled Gazprom shares in the amount of 500 million rubles (upwards of $15.4 million).17:11 17.09.2013
Man faces 2 years in jail for defrauding Russian judgesA criminal case has been opened against a man residing in Russia’s Perm region who attempted to pressure local judges.16:14 17.09.2013
Protective order issued over US properties allegedly linked to Russian tax fraudA US federal court Wednesday issued a protective order over property implicated in a lawsuit alleging fowl play by a Russian criminal enterprise linked to the Hermitage Capital Fund.16:44 13.09.2013
Police search Yekaterinburg officials' homes in fraud casePolice in Russia’s fourth-largest city, Yekaterinburg, conducted searches Thursday at the homes of senior city government officials as part of an ongoing fraud probe, the Interior Ministry said, while denying it had any connection to a recent mayoral election that was won by an opposition candidate.14:40 12.09.2013
Moscow court orders detention of Kazakh oligarch's associate in fraud caseMoscow's Tverskoy District Court ordered the detention of Yelena Tischenko, a close associate of Kazakh billionaire and former chairman of the board of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov, on fraud and money laundering charges.15:54 03.09.2013
MICEX securities fraud mastermind gets three years in prisonThe Basmanny district court of Moscow has sentenced securities fraud mastermind Oleg Kuznetsov to three years in prison and fined him 200,000 rubles (over $6,000), according to a statement released by Russia’s Federal Service for Financial Markets (FFMS).18:07 27.08.2013
Ex Russian Defense Ministry official suspected of $176 mln fraudProsecutors have uncovered illicit sale of the Defense Ministry's plots involving former Defense Ministry official Yevgeniya Vasilyeva, who gained notoriety due to the Oboronservis scandal, the Prosecutor General's Office reported Tuesday.12:48 27.08.2013