Former Transaero shareholder asks Interpol to investigate share theftEskerkhan Mutalibov, a former Transaero Airlines shareholder, who claims that his 5% stake in the airline was fraudulently taken from him, has asked Interpol Secretary General Ronald Noble to investigate the case.12:27 04.02.2013
Former chief of Iran's Central Bank detained with $70 million check in GermanyThe Iranian man who was detained with a $70 million check on his arrival at Dusseldorf airport from Turkey last week turned out to be former Chief of Iran's Central Bank Tahmasb Mazaheri.10:03 04.02.2013
Lithuanian prosecutors suspect Lietuvos Dujos gas supplier of fraudThe Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office and Financial Crime Investigation Service have searched the office of Lietuvos Dujos natural gas supplier, in which Russia's Gazprom holds a 37.1% stake, and have taken other procedural actions in this regard.10:25 01.02.2013
Georgian ex-defense minister faces $12 million bribery chargeFormer Defense Minister of Georgia David Kezerashvili who headed the Georgian army in Ossetian '08 conflict, has been charged with accepting a $12 million bribe, says investigator David Kvinikadze.10:21 31.01.2013
Kirov governor questioned in fraud caseKirov Governor Nikita Belykh was questioned as a witness in a fraud case on Wednesday. The regional law enforcement authorities asked him to give testimony regarding fraudulent dealings with the property of a local distillery.16:19 30.01.2013
Tymoshenko's defense says murder witness pressured to give testimonyFormer Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's defense has stated that the only witness in the case of a lawmaker's murder in the 1990s was pressured into giving testimony against her.19:14 29.01.2013
New case opened against defense fraud case suspectA commercial bribery case has been opened against Yekaterina Smetanova, a suspect in the high-profile corruption scandal around the Russian Defense Ministry.13:14 29.01.2013
Russians arrested with tycoon in Cambodian blowout to be interrogatedRussian nationals, who were arrested in Cambodia alongside real estate magnate Sergei Polonsky at the end of last year, to be questioned on Tuesday in court, head of the Russian Embassy's Consular Department Pavel Seskanov told RIA Novosti.11:10 29.01.2013
Witnesses to Bolshoi artistic director acid attack will be polygraphedPolice plan to use a polygraph when interrogating witnesses in investigating the acid attack on Bolshoi Theater artistic director Sergei Filin.14:33 28.01.2013
Major fruit company owner implicated in fraud caseThe home of JFC CEO Vladimir Kekhman has been searched as part of a fraud case, the Vedomosti daily reported on Friday. Kekhman holds the majority stake in JFC, the largest fruit importer in Russia.15:40 25.01.2013
Five missile force commanders allegedly involved in embezzlement caseFive missile division commanders are involved in the cases regarding the embezzlement of allocations to the Strategic Missile Force, the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office announced on Friday.13:00 25.01.2013
Investigation in Russian tycoon's debauchery case underway in CambodiaThe investigation of the case of Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky and the other two Russian nationals, who were arrested on charges of intentional bodily harm and illegal detention, will continue, says Pavel Seskanov, head of the consular department of the Russian Embassy to Cambodia.12:08 25.01.2013
Evidence for new case against Pakistani premier to be provided by Jan. 30The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to file references for new case against Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and expects a compliance report before by January 30, the Pakistani newspaper Daily Times writes.11:13 25.01.2013
Probe launched over embezzlement of missile forces fundsThe police have exposed the embezzlement of millions of rubles allocated to the Strategic Missile Force for the reclamation of the areas where missile silos were located, the Interior Ministry announced on Thursday.14:08 24.01.2013
Tymoshenko knew the men behind MP's murder personally - prosecutionThe Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has evidence that ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was personally acquainted with the men who organized the murder of Ukrainian businessman and lawmaker Yevhen Shcherban, says First Deputy Prosecutor General Renat Kuzmin.13:10 24.01.2013
Norwegian police investigate opposition blogger on pedophilia chargesThe Norwegian police have started investigating opposition activist and blogger Rustem Adagamov on pedophilia charges. His lawyer Anton Zharov said he learned that from media reports.12:49 24.01.2013
Russian oligarch accused of forcing sailors overboard to be interrogated aloneA Cambodian court will summon Russian citizens Konstantin Baglay and Alexander Karachinsky for interrogation on January 29 separately from oligarch Sergei Polonsky, Sergei Vladi, his former partner in foreign projects, told RIA Novosti.17:53 23.01.2013
Official tasked with Pakistani PM investigation dead; operations suspendedThe Pakistani National Accountability Bureau has suspended its investigation in the corruption case pending against Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf.18:13 22.01.2013
Ukrainian investigators accuse Tymoshenko of ordering murder over gas dealInvestigators for Ukraine's federal prosecutors have accused former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko ordered the killing of business rival Yevhen Shcherban in 1996 over control of the Donetsk natural gas market.14:07 22.01.2013
Director says acid attack related to his work at the BolshoiBolshoi Theater Artistic Director Sergei Filin, who is in hospital after acid was thrown in his face, says he does not know who his attackers were, but thinks the incident was connected with his work.12:02 22.01.2013