Ex-bank manager sentenced to 4 years in custody for $2.6 mln embezzlementMoscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Monday sentenced ex-treasury department chief of Credit-Express Natalya Tsipinova to 4 years in penal colony for involvement in the embezzlement of over 190 million rubles ($2.6 million) belonging to the bank depositors.16:52 02.08.2021
Sentencing of Michael Calvey, other defendants in Baring Vostok case adjournedSentencing of U.S. investor Michael Calvey and other defendants in a case over embezzlement of over 2.5 billion rubles (over $34 million) from Vostochny Bank on Monday was adjourned until August 5.11:34 02.08.2021
Director of regional tour firm gets 3 years in jail for stealing clients’ moneyA court in Russia’s town of Lipetsk on Friday sentenced the director of a local tourist agency Tatiana Yermakova to 3 years in jail for stealing over 1 million rubles ($14,000) from the firm’s clients.17:29 30.07.2021
Montenegro extradites University president charged with embezzlement to RussiaMontenegro has extradited to Russia president of the Pushkin University in the Leningrad region Vyacheslav Skvortsov, who stands charged in a criminal case over embezzlement of about 2.5 million rubles ($35,000).12:52 30.07.2021
Alleged accomplices of ex-Promsvyazbank owners to stand $1.2 bln embezzlement trialThe Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow will consider an 87-billion-ruble ($1.2 billion) embezzlement case against alleged accomplices of the former owners of Promsvyazbank Alexey and Dmitry Ananyevs.11:53 30.07.2021
Sentence passed on former banker for $725,000 embezzlement upheldA judicial panel of the Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction has upheld sentence passed on the former chair of board of the bank Universaltrust Igor Petrov for embezzling over 53 million rubles ($725,000).17:51 29.07.2021
Defendants in $47.5 mln embezzlement case face trial in Russia’s SochiA court in Russia’s Sochi will consider a case over embezzlement of nearly 3.5 billion rubles ($47.5 million) during the construction of apart hotels and a residential complex.12:00 27.07.2021
Son of gold mining company founder arrested in absentia – Moscow courtMoscow's Tverskoy District Court has arrested in absentia Alexey Maslovsky, son of Pavel Maslovsky, the former director of gold mining company Petropavlovsk Plc.17:39 08.07.2021
Spain extradites Russian businessman accused of $16 mln embezzlementSpain has granted extradition of businessman Vladimir Kovalenko to Russia as part of a case over embezzlement over 1.2 billion rubles ($16 million) from the Moscow United Power Grid Company (MOESK)16:06 08.07.2021
Embezzlement case against ex-deputy chair of Dynamo sports society droppedMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court has dropped an embezzlement case agianst former First Deputy Chairman of a regional department of Dynamo sports club Vladimir Mikhalevsky.13:13 29.06.2021
Businessman charged with $2.6 million embezzlement freed from house arrestMoscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Monday mitigated restrictive measure against businessman Vasily Boiko-Veliky charged with embezzling over 190 million rubles ($2.6 million) from Credit-Express bank by changing it from house arrest to restraining order.13:45 28.06.2021
Former top manager of Russia’s Central Bank put in detention on embezzlement allegationsMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Friday put ex-deputy chairman of the Central Bank Konstantin Korishchenko as part of an embezzlement case until August 16.17:25 18.06.2021
Expert of Russian Foreign Ministry gets 5 years in jail for $1 mln embezzlementThe Presnensky District Court of Moscow on Tuesday sentenced Natalya Agaltsova, an expert of the Currency and Finance Department of Russia’s Foreign Ministry to 5 years in penal colony for embezzling about $1 million.13:48 15.06.2021
Businessman charged with $2.6 million embezzlement to go on trialProsecutors have approved indictment against businessman Vasily Boiko-Veliky charged with embezzling over 190 million rubles ($2.6 million) from Credit-Express bank.15:17 07.06.2021
Supreme Court vacates four detention orders against ex-Deputy Culture Minister PirumovThe Supreme Court’s Presidium on Friday overturned four detention extension orders issued against ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov in a case over embezzlement during construction of the Hermitage Museum’s facility in 2018 and 2019.12:16 04.06.2021
Former federal property management official gets 7.5 years in custody for embezzlementMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Thursday sentenced ex-deputy head of the Federal Property Management Agency (Rosimushchestvo) Elena Patkina to 7.5 years in penal colony for embezzling 150 million rubles ($2 million).12:57 03.06.2021
Restraining order extended against Baring Vostok embezzlement case defendantsMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Wednesday extended restraining order against Baring Vostok investment company's founder Michael Calvey and other defendants charged with embezzling over 2.5 billion rubles (about 34 million at the current exchange rate) from Vostochny bank.15:00 02.06.2021
Ex-Transaero receiver released of serving sentence in $15 million embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday held to release former court-appointed receiver of Transaero air carrier Mikhail Kotov of serving a sentence for 1-billion-ruble embezzlement (about $15 million) and abuse of office.16:01 01.06.2021
Sentence of ex-CEO of Khrunichev space research center challenged by defenseLawyers of Alexander Seliverstov, ex-CEO of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, one of the country's leading space enterprises, who was sentenced to 5 years in a general regime colony for embezzlement of property using his official position, filed an appeal against the sentence.14:49 24.05.2021
Former St. Petersburg vice-governor gets 5.5 years for embezzlement, graftThe Kuybyshevsky District Court of St. Petersburg on Thursday sentenced former vice-governor of St. Petersburg Marat Oganesyan to 5.5 years in high-security penal colony graft and embezzlement of funds allocated for the construction of the city’s Arena football stadium.10:46 20.05.2021