Moscow Region district ex-head Shestun sentenced to 15 years in jailA court in the town of Podolsk has sentenced ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun to 15 years in high-security prison for fraud, bribery, money laundering and illegal business running.13:55 25.12.2020
Sentence of ex-Moscow judge and attorney in $70k fraud case overturned againThe Moscow City Court on Monday vacated sentence of ex-judge of the Moscow Commercial Court Igor Korogodov and attorney Alexander Mosin, who had received 3.5 and 2 years in jail for $70,000 fraud attempt.14:51 21.12.2020
Businessman known for battles with IKEA gets 10 years for tax evasion, fraud attemptA court in the Moscow Region’s town of Solnechnogorsk on Wednesday sentenced businessman Konstantin Ponomarev known for his legal battles with IKEA to 10 years and 2 months in penal colony for attempted fraud and tax evasion.15:53 09.12.2020
Ex-advisor of Russian Fishery Agency’s head accused of fraudFraud charges were brought against ex-advisor of a head of the Federal Fishery Agency Yury Khokhlov, who had been earlier extradited from Cyprus.15:43 08.12.2020
Ex-advisor of Russian Fishery Agency’s head extradited from CyprusA former advisor of the Federal Fishery Agency’s head Yury Khokhlov suspected of attempted fraud has been extradited from Cyprus.13:02 07.12.2020
Officers accused of providing convicts with falsified good conduct certificates face trialA court in Dagestan town of Makhachkala is to hear a criminal case over falsification of good conduct certificates issued to convicts seeking conditional release.17:54 30.11.2020
VIM Airlines co-owner arrested in absentia in fraud case – courtThe Moscow Basmanny District Court has arrested co-owner of VIM Airlines company Svetlana Mursekayeva in absentia in a case over credit fraud.14:35 27.11.2020
Prosecution demands 20 years in prison for Moscow Region district ex-head ShestunA prosecutor has demanded a 20-year penal colony sentence for ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun, according to his wife Yulia Shestun.14:56 20.11.2020
Assets worth nearly $600 mln seized from Magomedov brothers as part of Summa Group caseAssets worth over 45 billion rubles (about $600 million) belonging to Summa Group owner Ziyavudin Magomedov and his brother Magomed Magomedov have been seized during investigation into a case against them.16:37 16.11.2020
Appeal of TOAZ beneficiary to Prosecutor General as admittance of exhaustion of argumentsSergey Makhlai, a beneficiary of PJSC Togliattiazot (TOAZ), has published an open letter addressed to Russia’s Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, in which he expressed his discontent as to the quality of prosecutorial supervision and work of law enforcement agencies. RAPSI has analyzed the legal aspects of this address and asked experts to comment those.10:04 16.11.2020
Investigation into Moscow property fraud case involving attorney completedInvestigation into attorney Sergey Shcherbakov and other alleged members of a criminal group charged with organized property fraud is completed.13:07 09.11.2020
Ex-Сolonel of Russian police detained on $125K fraud chargesMoscow’s Presnensky District Court on Tuesday placed ex-Сolonel of the Interior Ministry's Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department Boris Gumenyuk until December 30 as part of a 10 million-ruble (over $125,000) fraud case.12:37 03.11.2020
Former hockey player gets 4 years in jail for cryptocurrency fraudMoscow’s Presnensky District Court on Monday sentenced ex-hockey player Igor Musatov to 4 years in penal colony for cryptocurrency fraud.12:54 02.11.2020
Sentencing of Moscow lawmaker Sheremetyev set for October 22Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court will pass sentence upon the City Duma lawmaker Oleg Sheremetyev charged with the 2 million-ruble ($30,000) budget funds embezzlement on October 22.17:47 19.10.2020
Prosecution seeks 4-year suspended term for Moscow lawmaker accused of stealing $30KA prosecutor on Monday demanded a 4-year suspended sentence with a 5-year probation for the Moscow lawmaker Oleg Sheremetyev charged with stealing over 2 million rubles (about $30,000) of budget funds.14:25 19.10.2020
Jail sentence of former vice-president of Russian insurer mitigated by 4 yearsThe Moscow City Court on Friday reduced prison sentence passed upon Sergey Khachaturov, former vice-president of Rosgosstrakh, the largest insurer in Russia, for his role in a stock fraud and money laundering scheme causing 8 billion rubles (about $104 million) loss from 8 to 4 years.14:56 16.10.2020
Detention of ex-Deputy Minister of Science extended for one monthMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Friday extended detention of ex-Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Marina Lukashevich in an embezzlement case until November 16.13:27 16.10.2020
Wanted founder of well-known Russian brands masqueraded in U.S. under new nameThe founder of well-known brands Dovgan and Smak Herman Lillevyali charged in Russia with large-scale fraud was using a new name passport in the U.S.12:49 15.10.2020
Wanted founder of well-known Russian brands apprehended in U.S.The founder of well-known brands Dovgan and Smak Herman Lillevyali charged with large-scale fraud has been arrested in the U.S.11:56 13.10.2020
Ural attorney charged with $4,000 fraud faces trialA court in Yekaterinburg, a city in Russia’s Ural, will hear a case against a local attorney, who stands accused of a 300,000-ruble fraud ($4,000).17:53 12.10.2020