Investigators seek for arrest of tycoon Mints in absentia on embezzlement chargesRussian investigators have petitioned to arrest businessman Boris Mints and two his sons in absentia. The motion will be heard on January 31.17:27 30.01.2020
TOAZ case defendants suspected of attempted bribery of Russian Supreme CourtA criminal case over attempted bribery on an especially large scale (part 3 of Article 30 and part 5 of Article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) has been instituted against the beneficiary of Togliattiazot PJSC (TOAZ) Sergey Makhlai, the former chairman of the board of Togliattikhimbank Alexander Popov and the former head of the TOAZ security service Oleg Antoshin. According to the investigation, the suspects intended to bribe judges of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation for canceling the decision to recover tax arrears from TOAZ.15:40 30.01.2020
Ex-bankrupt trustee of agro-corporation ordered to 4.5-year jail for $3 mln embezzlementA court in Russia’s Omsk has sentenced a former bankruptcy receiver of the Corporation Agro-Trust Vyacheslav Aleksin to 4.5 years behind bars for embezzling over 207.5 million rubles (over $3 million) from the enterprise’s bankruptcy estate.14:34 29.01.2020
Moscow lawyer accused of $15 mln embezzlement to stay in detention till late MarchThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld extension of detention of Sergey Yuryev, the president of Moscow's bar association Mezhregion charged with embezzling 1 billion rubles (over $15 million) from the State Air Traffic Management Corporation (ATM).15:22 28.01.2020
Defendants in $4mln Vostochny embezzlement case sentenced to prisonA court in the town of Stavropol has sentenced two defendants in a criminal case over 252 million rubles ($4 million) embezzlement during the construction of Vostochny Cosmodrome facilities to 5 and 6 years in prison.14:39 28.01.2020
Order to put lawyer on wanted list in Roscosmos embezzlement case vacatedThe Moscow City Court has overturned a ruling upholding an investigator’s order to place Chairman of Tretyakov & Partners law firm Igor Tretyakov on the federal wanted list as part of a 330-million-ruble (about $5 million) Roscosmos embezzlement case.17:08 27.01.2020
Detention of ex-Russian senator Arashukov, his father extended till late AprilThe Moscow City Court on Monday extended detention of ex-Federation Council member Rauf Arashukov and his father Raul until April 24.16:31 27.01.2020
Two businessmen arrested in Moscow on suspicion of $1.5 mln embezzlementLaw enforcement officers arrested two entrepreneurs, Alexander Plyushchenko and Alexander Kutukov, in Moscow as a part of a probe in a 91 million-ruble (about $1.5 million) embezzlement case.16:03 24.01.2020
Seizure of shares in case of ex-minister Abyzov upheldThe Moscow City Court on Friday upheld seizure of shares of Cypriot companies deposited on the accounts of Russia’s Sovcombank as part of the 4 billion-ruble ($64 million) embezzlement case involving ex-Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov.13:05 24.01.2020
Ex-CEO of Russia’s open-air museum gets 5-year suspended term for $50k embezzlementEx-CEO of the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum Preserve Igor Konyshev has received a 5-year suspended sentence for embezzlement of about 3 million rubles ($50,000).16:36 21.01.2020
Detention upheld for former Russian senator Arashukov, his fatherThe Moscow City Court on Monday dismissed appeals against extension of detention of ex-Federation Council member Rauf Arashukov and his father Raul as part of a case over organizing a criminal community.13:07 20.01.2020
Embezzlement case against Rodex Group owner dropped – Russian business ombudsmanA Moscow District Investigative Directorate has closed a criminal case against Rodex Group owner Yevgeny Rodionov, the press-service of Russia’s Business Rights Commissioner Boris Titov informs on Monday.11:58 20.01.2020
Ex-top official of regional penal colony convicted of $300k embezzlementA court in Russia’s Saratov Region has sentenced a former head and a former chief accountant of one of the local penal colonies to 4 and 3 years in custody respectively for embezzling over 18 million budget rubles ($300,000).16:09 17.01.2020
Moscow court to hear case over $950 mln embezzlement in BTA Bank on January 31The Moscow Tagansky District Court is to hear a criminal case against ex-Chairman of the board of directors of Kazakh BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov, charged with embezzlement of over 58 billion rubles (about $950 million) of the bank’s controlled structure.15:31 17.01.2020
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
Ex-Deputy PM of Russia’s Dagestan gets 4.5 years in jail in embezzlement caseMoscow’s Lefortovsky District Court on Thursday sentenced a former deputy chairman of the government of Russia’s Republic of Dagestan Shamil Isayev to 4.5 years in prison as part of an embezzlement case.17:37 16.01.2020
Initially detained Russian deaf society head put under house arrest in embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court has ruled that detention of the president of All-Russian Society of the Deaf Valery Rukhledev charged with embezzling over 50 million rubles (over $800,000) be replaced with house arrest until April 17.10:25 15.01.2020
Moscow court again seizes $16 mln assets as part of case of ex-minister AbyzovThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow has granted injunctive attachment of assets worth over 1 billion rubles ($16 million) belonging to ex-Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov as part of the 4 billion-ruble ($64 million) embezzlement case against him.17:38 13.01.2020
Trial of ex-accountant of theater director Serebrennikov to continue on January 21Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Monday postponed hearing of embezzlement case against Nina Maslyayeva, ex-chief accountant of the Seventh Studio stage company created by the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov, until January 21.17:26 13.01.2020
U.S. investor Calvey ordered to stay under house arrest until February 13Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday extended house arrest of Baring Vostok investment company's founder, U.S. citizen Michael Calvey, who stands charged with the 2.5-billion-ruble (about $40 million) embezzlement, until February 13.17:47 09.01.2020