Ex-police officer, former attorney sentenced to jail for fraud
A court in the Moscow Region has sentenced a former drug control department chief of the Mytishchi Directorate of the Interior Ministry and a former attorney to 2.5 years in penal colony each for fraud.
Regional developer gets 10 years in jail for apartment construction fraud
A court in Russia’s Astrakhan has sentenced a local developer to 10 years in penal colony for the sale of apartments in buildings constructed without permission.
Two bankers put in detention in Moscow on suspicion of $13.5 mln withdrawal
A court in Moscow put a former chair of board of one of the commercial banks and his deputy in detention on suspicion of illegal takeaway of more than one billion rubles (about $13.5 million) through unsecured loans.
Ex-Deputy Emergencies Minister sentenced to 5 years behind bars for fraud
The former First Deputy Emergencies Minister, Lieutenant General Sergey Shlyakov received 5 years in jail for fraud on Tuesday.
Prosecutor General’s Office asked to check correctness of forensic examination in Cherkalin case
The Prosecutor General’s Office and the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation have received complaints about the unreliability of the forensic examination on the assessment of the market value of 49% participation interest in Yurpromconsulting LLC, and a statement on initiation of a criminal case against the investigators.
Prosecutor seeks 6-year imprisonment for ex-Deputy Emergencies Minister in fraud case
A prosecutor has demanded six years in penal colony for the former First Deputy Emergencies Minister, Lieutenant General Sergey Shlyakov charged with fraud.
Businessman and ex-lawmaker to stand trial in fraud attempt case
A court in Moscow will consider a fraud attempt case against entrepreneur Zurab Pliyev and ex-deputy of the lower house of Russia’s parliament Denis Volchek.
Investigators complete fraud probe into former Novgorod vice-governor
Investigation into the fomer vice-governor of the Novgorod Region Victor Nechayev charged with large-scale fraud has been completed.
Former vice-president of major Russian insurer to serve 7.5 years behind bars
The Moscow City Court has reduced an 8-year prison sentence passed on Sergey Khachaturov, the former vice-president of Russia’s largest insurer Rosgosstrakh for his role in a stock fraud and money laundering scheme causing 8 billion rubles (over $105 million) loss by 6 months.
Ex-chair of regional district election committee charged with ballot fraud
Investigators in Russia’s Penza Region have charged a former chair of one of the local district election committees with electoral fraud.
Russian Olympic Committee executive board’s member detained in fraud case
Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Wednesday put a member of the executive board of Russia’s Olympic Committee, President of Water Jump and Synchronized Swimming Federations Alexey Vlasenko, who stands charged with fraud, until May 16.
Putin urges prosecutors to combat extremism, corruption and election fraud
Prosecutors must be more aggressive in the fight against extremism, nationalism, corruption and election fraud, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday during the extended meeting of the panel of the Prosecutor General’s Office.
President of Security Promoting Foundation put in detention on fraud allegations
Moscow’s Presnensky District Court on Wednesday detained President of the Security Promoting Foundation Andrey Pershin on charges of attempted fraud on a large scale until May 4.
Summa Group owners charged with embezzlement to go on trial
Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court will proceed with an embezzlement case against owners of Summa Group Ziyavudin Magomedov and his brother Magomed on March 19.
Russia seeks extradition of doctor Blum accused of athlete defrauding
Russian prosecutors have forwarded a request for extradition of doctor Evgeny Blum charged with embezzling over 29 million rubles (about $400,000) from snowborder Maria Komissarova (Chaadayeva) to the Spanish Justice Ministry.
Bankruptcy commissioner of Tomet LLC sums up results of first meeting of creditors
The first meeting of creditors of Tomet LLC, which is a joint defendant in a criminal case over large-scale fraud and damages caused to PJSC Togliattiazot and JSC Uralchem, took place. Anatoly Selishchev, who was elected as the bankruptcy commissioner at the meeting, and is currently acting as the temporary manager of the company, told RAPSI about the most important results of this event, as well as about its future prospects.
Case over TOAZ assets fraud in the Makhlais interests forwarded to prosecutors
The Main Directorate on Major Crimes Investigation of Russia’s Investigative Committee has completed a probe into a criminal case against Xenia Balashova, the CEO of “Kontaz LLC”. Balashova stands charged with evasion of the profit tax for year 2008 (p.p. a, b of Article 199.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Earlier, Balashova pleaded guilty to the crimes charged declaring she acted under direct instructions of Vladimir Makhlai.
Moscow Region district ex-head Shestun challenges 15-year prison sentence
Ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District Alexander Shestun has filed an appeal against his 15-year prison sentence for fraud, bribery, money laundering and illegal business running.
Businessman known for battles with IKEA appeals sentence for tax evasion, fraud attempt
A long prison sentence given to businessman Konstantin Ponomarev known for his legal battles with IKEA for attempted fraud and tax evasion has been appealed.
New criminal case opened against Navalny
A new criminal case has been launched against Alexey Navalny.