Case of ex-CEO of St. Petersburg water utility returned to prosecutionA case against former general manager of St. Petersburg water utility Vodokanal Yevgeny Tselikov, who stands charged with embezzlement of over 1 billion rubles (about $14 million at the current exchange rate), has been returned to prosecutors.16:35 19.05.2021
Ex-CEO of Khrunichev space research center gets 5 years in custody for embezzlementMoscow’s Dorogomilovsky District Court on Monday sentenced Alexander Seliverstov, ex-CEO of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, one of the country's leading space enterprises, to 5 years in penal colony for embezzlement.16:11 17.05.2021
Investigation into Prime Finance bank embezzlement case completedInvestigators have completed the embezzlement probe into Prime Finance bank president Mikhail Tabunov and bank teller Maya Alekseyeva.13:58 17.05.2021
Prosecutor demands 16 years in jail for former St. Petersburg vice-governorA prosecutor has demanded 16 years in penal colony and 60 million-ruble fine ($800,000) for former vice-governor of St. Petersburg Marat Oganesyan charged with bribery and embezzlement of funds allocated for the construction of the city’s Arena football stadium.10:45 30.04.2021
Former manager of Credit-Express bank to be imprisoned for 3 years for embezzlementMoscow’s Cheremushkinsky District Court on Wednesday sentenced ex-head of a branch office of Credit-Express bank Elena Chuyeva to 3 years in penal colony for her involvement in large-scale embezzlement in the credit organization.17:24 28.04.2021
Russian government approves amendments as to launch of cases over embezzlementThe Government Law-Making Commission has approved amendments to the Russian Criminal Procedure Code envisaging certain changes in the procedure governing the initiation of criminal cases over funds allocated for state defense, national projects and state procurement.17:57 21.04.2021
Ex-Ivanovo head's restraining order changed to travel restrictions in embezzlement caseThe Supreme Court of Russia on Tuesday replaced a restraining order imposed on ex-Governor of Russia’s Ivanovo Region Mikhail Men charged with embezzling 700 million rubles (over $9 million) with travel restrictions.12:45 20.04.2021
Arashukov case to be heard by Moscow City CourtThe Moscow City Court will consider a criminal case against Raul Arashukov, ex-advisor of a CEO of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz, his son, ex-senator Rauf Arashukov and other defendants.18:29 16.04.2021
Embezzlement case against lawyer Tretyakov again returned to prosecutionA court in Khimki, a town in the Moscow Region, on Tuesday again returned a case of lawyer Igor Tretyakov charged with embezzling 330 million rubles ($4.3million at the current exchange rate) from Roscosmos corporation to prosecutors.11:41 13.04.2021
Investigators complete probe into official of Rosrezerv Agency over $45M embezzlementThe Russian Investigative Committee has completed the investigation of a criminal case against deputy head of the Federal Agency for State Reserves (Rosrezerv) Alexander Kiryukhin and other persons accused of embezzling more than 3.4 billion rubles (about $45 million) in the framework of state procurement.13:45 02.04.2021
Ex-president of MAST-Bank gets 8.5 years for $73.5 mln embezzlementMoscow’s Preobrazhensky District Court on Thursday sentenced ex-president of now insolvent MAST-Bank Yury Pirogov to 8.5 years in penal colony for embezzling over 5.6 billion rubles ($73.5 million at the current exchange rate).14:26 01.04.2021
Investigation into Arashukov case completedInvestigators have completed probe into a criminal case against Raul Arashukov, ex-advisor of a CEO of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz and his son, ex-senator Rauf Arashukov.11:23 31.03.2021
Moscow police official suspected of stealing $330,000A chief of the investigation department of the Moscow Department of Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs is suspected of stealing 25 million rubles ($330,000) seized as part of a criminal case.11:11 26.03.2021
Ex-Culture official charged with Hermitage Museum embezzlement extradited from AustriaAustria extradited ex-director of the Culture Ministry’s department of property management and investment policy Boris Mazo charged with embezzlement of funds allocated for the construction works on the Hermitage Museum’s grounds, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia announced Thursday.13:00 25.03.2021
Two defendants in $1 bln Promsvyazbank embezzlement case arrested in absentiaA court has issued an arrest warrant in absentia for two defendants in a case over illegal siphoning abroad over 87 billion rubles (over $1 billion) belonging to Promsvyazbank, involving the credit organization’s ex-owner Dmitry Ananyev.16:17 23.03.2021
Lawyers involved in Aeroflot embezzlement case to go on trialA criminal case against lawyers Alexander Slivko and Dina Kibets charged with large-scale embezzlement in the Aeroflot company has reached the Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow.13:29 19.03.2021
Russian investigators ask Italian authorities to seize two villas of ex-minister AbyzovRussia’s Investigative Committee has turned to Italian authrorities with a request to seize two villas belonging to the former Minister of the Open Government of Russia Mikhail Abyzov.17:08 17.03.2021
Summa Group owners charged with embezzlement to go on trialMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court will proceed with an embezzlement case against owners of Summa Group Ziyavudin Magomedov and his brother Magomed on March 19.13:28 16.03.2021
Prosecutor seeks 8 years in prison for ex-deputy Mayor of Vologda in embezzlement caseA prosecutor on Friday demanded an 8-year prison term for ex-Mayor of Russia’s Vologda Alexey Osokin charged with his alleged accomplices with embezzling 70 million rubles (about $1 million) from the construction of a traffic interchange.17:34 12.03.2021
Former co-owner of Spar retailer put under house arrest in embezzlement caseA former co-owner of a company heading retailers Spar, Semya (Family) and Idea Allakhverdi Abdullayev, charged with being accessory to embezzlement of 8.65 billion rubles ($117.5 million) from Sberbank, was put under house arrest until May 9.16:17 12.03.2021