Prosecutor seeks 8.5 years in penal colony for ex-head of Globex Bank in embezzlement caseA prosecutor has asked the Tagansky District Court of Moscow to pass an 8.5-year jail sentence upon a former president of Globex Bank Vitaly Vavilin charged with embezzling 12 million euros from the financial organization.09:39 17.09.2020
Leningrad Region official suspected of $9 mln embezzlementAlexander Boluchevsky, Chairman of the finance committee of the Leningrad Region’s Vyborg district administration, has been arrested on suspicion of stealing 700 million rubles (over $9 million).14:16 14.09.2020
Ex-banker jailed for 7.5 years in $1.6 million embezzlement caseMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court has sentenced a former deputy chairman of board of the bank Legion Victor Brusentsev to 7.5 years in penal coliny for 122 million-ruble ($1.6 million) embezzlement.12:22 11.09.2020
Russia’s Deputy Minister of Energy charged with $8 mln embezzlementDeputy Minister of Energy Anatoly Tikhonov has been charged with embezzling over 603 million rubles ($8 million) from the Russian Energy Agency.14:31 09.09.2020
Moscow court to hear prosecutors’ $430 mln claim against ex-minister AbyzovA prosecutors’ claim to forfeit assets worth 32.5 billion rubles (about $430 million at the current exchange rate) from ex-Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov charged with embezzlement to the state is scheduled for September 24.15:41 07.09.2020
Investigators seek for detention of former RSC Energia head as part of embezzlement caseInvestigators have lodged a motion demanding detention for ex-CEO of Russia's largest space company Energia Vladimir Solntsev in a case over large-scale embezzlement.14:11 28.08.2020
Bank of Moscow ex-president’s 14-year sentence for 200 mln embezzlement upheldThe Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld a 14-year prison sentence passed on ex-president of the Bank of Moscow Andrey Borodin in absentia for embezzling over 14.5 billion rubles (about $200 million at the current exchange rate).16:45 27.08.2020
Defendants in $2.3 mln Russtroybank embezzlement case go on trialA former vice-president of the Russian Construction Bank (Russtroybank) and his acquaintance indicted of a 175 million-ruble ($2.3 million) embezzlement will stand trial in Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court.17:25 26.08.2020
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
Magomedov brothers’ detention in embezzlement case extended till winterThe Moscow City Court has extended detention of Summa Group owner Ziyavudin Magomedov and his brother Magomed in a case over embezzlement of 2.5 billion rubles (over $33 million at the current exchange rate) until November 30.10:53 26.08.2020
Moscow lawmaker put under house arrest for two months as part of $30K embezzlement caseThe Presnensky District Court on Friday ordered the Moscow City Duma lawmaker Oleg Sheremetyev accused of embezzlement of more than 2 million rubles (about $30,000) of budget funds to be placed under house arrest until October 18.13:56 21.08.2020
Moscow City Duma lawmaker denies guilt in $30K embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Duma lawmaker Oleg Sheremetyev on Friday pleaded not guilty to embezzlement of more than 2 million rubles (about $30,000) of budget funds.12:55 21.08.2020
Investigators seek house arrest for Moscow City Duma lawmaker in $30K embezzlement caseInvestigators have filed a petition to put the Moscow City Duma lawmaker Oleg Sheremetyev under house arrest until October 18 as part of a case over embezzlement of more than 2 million rubles (about $30,000) of budget funds.11:57 21.08.2020
Moscow City Duma lawmaker suspected of $30,000 embezzlementA criminal case has been opened against the Moscow City Duma lawmaker Oleg Sheremetyev suspected of embezzling over 2 million rubles (about $30,000) of budget funds.10:32 20.08.2020
Ex-Transaero receiver sentenced to 5.5 years in $15 million embezzlement caseThe former court-appointed receiver of Transaero air carrier Mikhail Kotov on Wednesday was convicted and sentenced to 5.5 years in jail in a case over 1-billion-ruble embezzlement (about $15 million) and abuse of office.17:27 19.08.2020
Moscow attorney’s embezzlement case is gross interference in civil matters - lawyersA criminal case against Sergey Yuryev, the president of Moscow's bar association Mezhregion charged with embezzling 1 billion rubles (about $15 million) from the State Air Traffic Management Corporation (ATM) is a rude and unwarranted interference in civil matters, according to a statement of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers.17:35 18.08.2020
Detention of Russian businessman in embezzlement case extended until November 19The Moscow City Court on Monday extended detention of businessman Vasily Boiko-Veliky until November 19 in the Credit-Express bank embezzlement case as investigators requested.17:37 17.08.2020
Embezzlement probe into ex-minister Abyzov completedInvestigartion into ex-Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov and his alleged accomplices charged with embezzlement has been completed.11:12 14.08.2020
Detention of ex-commonwealth affairs agency official extended in $700k embezzlement caseMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Friday extended detention of Mikhail Popov, a former official of the Federal Agency for Affairs of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Residing Abroad and International Humanitarian Co-Operation (Rossotrudnichestvo), in a 50-million-ruble (about $700,000) embezzlement case.10:49 14.08.2020
Investigators urge detention of Russian businessman in embezzlement case to be extendedThe Moscow City Court will hear a motion of investigators demanding to extend detention of businessman Vasily Boiko-Veliky in the Credit-Express bank embezzlement case for three months on August 17.17:27 13.08.2020