Former police colonel gets 2 years in jail for $270,000 fraudMoscow’s Izmailovsky District Court has passed a 2-year prison sentence on a former Interior Ministry’s colonel Pavel Kurmelev for a 19 million-ruble fraud (about $270,000).14:26 16.07.2020
Russia’s Yugra resident faces fake COVID-19 news distribution trialA resident of Russia’s Yugra, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area, will stand trial on charges of distribution of fake news about coronavirus.15:50 10.07.2020
Ex-manager of All-Russian Society of Deaf ordered to 4-year jail for fraudMoscow’s Tushinsky District Court has sentenced a former chief of one of the departments of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf to 4 years behind bars for fraud.17:32 08.07.2020
St. Petersburg lawyer to stand trial on fraud attempt allegationsInvestigation has been completed into a St. Petersburg attorney charged with attempted fraud. The case is sent to court for hearing. .11:26 30.06.2020
Former CEO of troubled Russian refinery arrested in absentiaMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Friday issued an arrest warrant for ex-CEO of troubled Russia’s Antipinsky oil refinery Gennady Lisovichenko in absentia as part of a large scale fraud case.15:56 19.06.2020
Moscow police clamp down on fraudulent activity of false spiritual healersMoscow police arrested nine fringe psychic mediums, who had received over 5 million rubles from their clients for spell removal rituals15:52 15.06.2020
Moscow court detains former Novgorod vice-governor on fraud allegationsMoscow’s Presnensky District Court on Thursday ordered detention of the fomer vice-governor of the Novgorod Region Victor Nechayev in a large-scale fraud case until August 9.13:00 11.06.2020
Russian attorney put on federal wanted list as part of fraud caseRoman Korsuvorov, a lawyer from the Krasnodar Region, has been put on the federal wanted list as part of a fraud case.16:55 10.06.2020
Physical Rehabilitation Research Institute's CEO arrested in absentia on fraud chargesThe Basmanny District Court in Moscow arrested in absentia Yevgeny Blum, the CEO of OOO Physical Rehabilitation and New Rehabilitation Technologies Research Institute, after the facility failed its commitment to restore to health freestyler Maria Chaadayeva (Komissarova), who had been paralyzed when participating in the Sochi Olympics.12:59 09.06.2020
Founder of well-known Russian brands arrested in absentia on fraud chargesMoscow’s Khoroshevsky District Court on Friday issued an arrest warrant for the founder of well-known brands Dovgan and Smak Herman Lillevyali in absenta on fraud allegations.12:07 05.06.2020
St. Petersburg lawyer faces trial on fraud attempt allegationsA court in Russia’s Bryansk will consider a fraud attempt case against a St. Petersburg attorney.16:56 03.06.2020
Accused of legalization of stolen aircraft details faces trial in St. PetersburgA case against CEO of Techcomservice firm Andrey Yeresko charged with legalization of stolen helicopter units and details worth about 20 million rubles has reached court.14:03 01.06.2020
June 11 set as date for start of trial of Russian supercomputer designerThe Meshansky District Court of Moscow will start hearing a case against T-Platform supercomputer developer’s CEO and shareholder Vsevolod Opanasenko and ex-chief of the Interior Ministry’s communications directorate Alexander Aleksandrov on June 11.17:51 29.05.2020
Businessman detained in fraud attempt case involving attorney of notorious defendantsMoscow’s Presnensky District Court on Friday ordered CEO of Stroykomplekt company Vladislav Shapovalov to be detained as part of a fraud attempt case involving lawyer Alexander Vershinin.12:07 29.05.2020
Russian attorney suspected of fraud put in detentionAttorney Sergey Shcherbakov on Thursday was placed in detention on suspicion of involvement in organized fraud upon a court order.13:20 28.05.2020
Russian lawyer arrested on suspicion of fraudAttorney Sergey Shcherbakov has been arrested in Moscow on suspicion of involvement in organized fraud.11:01 28.05.2020
Former State Duma lawmaker to stay detained in attempted fraud caseThe Moscow City Court on Monday upheld detention of ex-lawmaker of the lower house of Russia’s parliament Denis Volchek charged with attempted serious fraud.14:24 25.05.2020
Appeal against 11-year sentence of Komi Republic ex-head adjourned until June 10The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction has postponed an appeal against an 11-year sentence of ex-head of Russia’s Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer, who had been found guilty of fraud, money laundering and corruption, until June 10.13:59 20.05.2020
Ex-Moscow Region tax official gets 4-year suspended term for fraudA former chief of division of work with taxpayers of the Federal Tax Service’s Istra Inspection in the Moscow Regiona Olga Mikheyeva has received a 4-year suspended sentence for fraud.15:59 19.05.2020
Fraud case against Russian supercomputer designer reaches courtMoscow’s Meshansky District Court will conduct pretrial hearing in a case against T-Platform supercomputer developer’s CEO and shareholder Vsevolod Opanasenko on May 14.18:08 07.05.2020