Investigation into criminal case against Togliattikhimbank ex-head completedThe Main Directorate for Investigation of Major Cases of the Investigative Committee of Russia has completed investigation into a criminal case against the former chairperson of the board of Togliattikhimbank Alexander Popov.11:02 08.10.2020
Former Moscow Region’s official accused of property fraud faces trialEx-head of the Moscow Region’s town of Chekhov Marina Kononova will go on trial for alleged theft of property.12:12 07.10.2020
Investigative Committee head orders check of ex-lawyer Pashayev’s actions amid fraud reportsChairman of the Russian Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin has ordered a pre-investigation check to be conducted over information on allegedly illegal actions by Elman Pashayev, ex-defense lawyer for actor Mikhail Efremov.10:57 22.09.2020
Moscow court to decide on detention of Trade Ministry official accused of fraudMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court will hear an investigators’ motion to place deputy head of the Electronic Industries Department of Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade Anton Isayev in detention on Friday.15:46 11.09.2020
Legal analysis of interview of TOAZ beneficiary Sergey MakhlaiIn the end of August, the former chairman of the board of directors of PJSC Togliattiazot Sergey Makhlai gave an extended commentary to the media regarding the details of the proceedings, in which he is a participant. In his statements, he accused Uralchem JSC of a number of offenses, and tried to present himself as a victim of a hostile takeover. RAPSI has studied the legal basis for the statements made by the convicted in absentia owner of TOAZ.10:25 10.09.2020
Efremov’s defense lawyer summoned to face-to-face confrontation in client fraud caseAttorney Elman Pashayev currently defending actor Mikhail Efremov charged with drunken fatal crash on Wednesday was summoned to a face-to-face confrontation in a case over alleged stealing of 3 million rubles from his former client.15:01 26.08.2020
Businessman Ponomarev faces tax evasion trial in Moscow RegionA court in Solnechnogorsk, a town near Moscow, will hear a criminal case over tax evasion and attempted fraud against businessman Konstantin Ponomarev already convicted of false denunciation.09:46 25.08.2020
Investigation launched into Voronezh Region lawyer on fraud allegationsA probe has been launched in the Voronezh Region into a local attorney over alleged fraud.14:49 24.08.2020
Russia’s Supreme Court permits opening case against ex-justice of peace from MoscowThe Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has upheld a decision of the Higher Judges' Qualifications Board giving consent to the opening of a criminal case against former justice of peace in Moscow Nagatinsky 25th Judicial Sub-District Svetlana Samgina.16:04 20.08.2020
Uralchem seeks information disclosure in U.S. courts amid Togliattiazot caseFertilizer producer Uralchem has initiated a disclosure procedure in the U.S. courts in order to file further claims related to the fact of damage caused by the theft of Togliattiazot profits through a fraudulent scheme involving the Swiss offshore company Nitrochem Distribution AG.15:00 18.08.2020
Defendants in fake COVID-19 tests sale case receive suspended termsThree defendants in a case over selling fake coronavirus short-term tests on Tuesday received one-year suspended terms each, according to the ruling of Moscow’s Savelovsky District Court.14:51 18.08.2020
Supplier gets 5.5-year suspended term for unworkable warship equipment deliveryEx-CEO of a Moscow pumping plant Igor Rodkin has received a 5.5-year suspended sentence for delivering electric pumps with unserviceable motors worth 40 million rubles (about $550,000) to the Severnaya Verf Shipyard.15:25 17.08.2020
Businessman charged with fraud arrested in absentiaMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for Felix Bazhanov, CEO of the Association Master, in absentia in a fraud case.13:51 13.08.2020
Vologda Region lawyer gets 3-year suspended term for $14k fraud attemptA court in Russia’s Vologda has given a 3-year suspended sentence to a regional lawyer for attempt to fraudulently receive 1 million rubles (abut $14,000) from a client.12:52 11.08.2020
Investigators seek to arrest businessman charged with fraud in absentiaInvestigators have filed a motion to arrest Felix Bazhanov, CEO of the Association Master, in absentia in a fraud case.14:46 07.08.2020
Mistaken tax deduction applications are not fraud – Russia’s Constitutional CourtThe Russian Criminal Code does not imply that citizens are to be found guilty of fraud if they could get unjustified tax benefits associated with purchase of residential properties because of mistakes made by tax authorities if such taxpayers submitted documents free of signs of forgery, according to a ruling passed by Russia’s Constitutional Court.17:45 24.07.2020
Businessman gets 2 years in penal colony settlement for $630,000 fraudA court in Kemerovo Region has sentenced a businessman to 2 years in penal colony settlement for a 45 million-ruble (over $630,000) fraud.12:09 21.07.2020
Russia’s PM dismisses Deputy Minister of Science detained on fraud allegationsRussia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has relieved Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Marina Lukashevich detained in a fraud case of her post.14:05 20.07.2020
Sham lawyer charged with swindling client out of $4,200 to stand trial in MoscowRussia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has approved an indictment in a criminal case against a man, who used a forged lawyer certificate to defraud his client out 300,000 rubles (about $4,200).17:31 17.07.2020
Moscow police official put under house arrest on fraud allegationsA chief of the department on the online drug threat fight of the Interior Ministry’s Moscow Main Directorate has been placed under house arrest on fraud allegations.14:38 17.07.2020