Russia’s police clamp down on criminal gang engaged in illegal sales of lung ventilatorsInvestigators of Russia’s Interior Ministry could put an end to the activities of a criminal gang whose members are suspected of selling unregistered respiratory medical devices.18:10 30.04.2020
Fraud probe into Russian supercomputer designer completedInvestigation into T-Platform supercomputer developer’s CEO and shareholder Vsevolod Opanasenko and ex-chief of the Interior Ministry’s communications directorate Alexander Aleksandrov has been completed.14:00 29.04.2020
Moscow court detains businessman, ex-lawmaker in attempted serious fraud caseThe Presnensky District Court in Moscow has detained for 3 months entrepreneur Zurab Pliyev and ex-deputy of the lower house of Russia’s parliament Denis Volchek charged with attempted serious fraud.18:05 24.04.2020
Moscow Region police warn of QR-code sale fraudThe Moscow Region Main Directorate of the Interior Ministry reminds of the illegality of buying QR-codes to move through Moscow and Moscow Region and warns of the risk to lose money and personal data.14:48 22.04.2020
Police thwart attempt to sell fake coronavirus testsPolice investigators opened a criminal case against three residents of the Moscow Region, who had allegedly attempted to sell fake tests for coronavirus.14:59 10.04.2020
Businessman charged with $7.6 mln VAT refund fraud sentenced to 10 years in prisonCEO of Petropolis company Mark Bronovsky has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined 600,000 rubles (about $7,700) for a 590-million-ruble ($7.6 million) tax refund fraud.11:59 27.03.2020
Detention of Russian security colonel accused of graft, fraud extended for monthThe Moscow Garrison Military Court on Thursday extended detention of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) colonel Kirill Cherkalin in a case over taking bribes and fraud until April 24.13:52 19.03.2020
Supercomputer designer freed from detention, put under house arrest in fraud caseRussia’s Business Ombudsman Boris Titov welcomes a decision of the Moscow City Court, which relaxed the preventive measures in a procurement fraud case against AO T-Platform CEO and shareholder Vsevolod Opanasenko, freeing him from detention and putting him under house arrest on Wednesday.18:03 18.03.2020
Moscow City Court upholds extension of detention of Togliattikhimbank headThe Moscow City Court has upheld the extension of detention of Alexander Popov, the chairman of the board of Togliattikhimbank, until May 1.17:53 16.03.2020
Ex-director of Russian shipbuilding yard gets 7 years in jail for non-payment of salariesA court in Russia’s Astrakhan Region has sentenced the former director of a shipbuilding yard Alexander Ilyichev to 7 years in a penal colony for non-payment of salaries.15:36 25.02.2020
Ex-clerk of Moscow court gets 4 years in jail in fraud caseMoscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court has sentenced a former court clerk Lilia Bolovina to 4 years in custody as part of a fraud case.10:55 07.02.2020
Suspended sentence given to 29 people guilty of BAD fraudThe Moskovsky Ditrict Court of St. Petersburg gave suspended terms ranging from 1 to 7 years to 29 people guilty of fraudulent biologically active dietary supplement (BAD) sale to senior citizens under the guise of medicine.13:24 31.01.2020
Ex-judge to stand trial on $80k embezzlement allegationsA court in Nalchik, a city in Russia’s Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, will consider a 4.7 million-ruble (nearly $80,000) embezzlement case against a former magistrate judge, according to a statement of the Prosecutor General’s Office.11:24 17.01.2020
Defendants in case over overwork premiums to construction officials sentencedThe defendants in a case over incentive rewards paid to functionaries responsible for building works in St. Petersburg by subway construction contractors had been passed suspended sentences.12:35 30.12.2019
Ex-member of Moscow public monitoring committee gets suspended term for fraudA former member of the Moscow public monitoring committee Denis Nabiullin received a 4-year suspended sentence in a fraud case on Monday, RAPSI reports from the Presnensky District Court of Moscow.13:14 16.12.2019
Fraud probe completed into Moscow Region district ex-headInvestigation into ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun has been completed, the Investigative Committee’s press service reports Monday.11:31 16.12.2019
Russian regional lawyer arrested on suspicion of fraud attemptA lawyer from a bar association of the Irkutsk Region has been arrested on suspicion of attempted large-scale fraud.12:46 12.12.2019
Ex-geological official ordered to spend 3.5 years in custody for fraudThe 235 Garrison Military Court has sentenced ex-first deputy chief of the Russian State Geological Company (Rosgeo) Ruslan Gorring to 3.5 years in penal colony for large-scale fraud.10:30 12.12.2019
Prosecution seeks 3.5 years in penal colony for ex-geological official in fraud caseA prosecutor on Wednesday asked the 235 Garrison Military Court to pass a 3.5-year prison sentence upon ex-first deputy chief of the Russian State Geological Company (Rosgeo) Ruslan Gorring charged with large-scale fraud.16:02 11.12.2019
Graft probe into ex-deputy CEO of RSC Energia completedInvestigators have completed probe into a commercial bribery case against ex-deputy CEO of Russia's largest space company Energia Alexey Beloborodov.12:40 04.12.2019