Fraud

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Criminal articles on fraud against businesspersons need to be abolished – lawyer

All criminal articles that relate to fraud in business should be canceled, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Lawyers of Russia (ALR) Vladimir Gruzdev has said addressing the 7th Eastern Economic Forum taking place in Russia’s Vladivostok.

12:51 06.09.2022

Investigators move to dismiss extension of house arrest in case against RANEPA rector

The Moscow Tverskoy District Court will not consider a motion of investigators to extend the house arrest of the Russian Presidential Academy of the National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) Vladimir Mau, since the preventive measure has been earlier changed to a written undertaking not to leave.

15:37 03.08.2022

Ex-judge and attorney get suspended terms in $70k fraud case

Ex-judge of the Moscow Commercial Court Igor Korogodov and attorney Alexander Mosin have received 3- and 2-years’ suspended sentence, respectively, for $70,000 fraud attempt.

13:22 13.07.2022

Ex-Russian ecology official Oleg Mitvol pleads guilty to fraud

Oleg Mitvol, a former official of Russia’s environment agency Rosprirodnadzor, charged with especially serious fraud, has made a plea bargain.

11:09 21.06.2022

Aeroflot top manager detained in large-scale fraud case

Moscow’s Khoroshevsky District Court on Wednesday ordered the detention of Mikhail Minayev, the head of the Aeroflot fleet planning and development department, on large-scale fraud charges.

12:49 15.06.2022

Ex-attorney charged with fraud to be held in detention until fall – court

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has extended detention of the former attorney Vadim Lyalin, who stands charged with large-scale fraud, until September 15.

14:09 14.06.2022

Ex-Russian ecology official Oleg Mitvol detained over suspected fraud

A Russian court on Friday ordered Oleg Mitvol, a former official of Russia’s environment agency Rosprirodnadzor, to be kept in custody until July 24 on charges of large-scale fraud.

11:05 10.06.2022

Eastsib Holding denies seizure of its shares as part of fraud case against former FSB officers

Defense lawyers have refuted information on the seizure of the Eastsib Holding’s (Eastsib) shares as part of a high-profile case against two former officers of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) Dmitry Frolov and Andrey Vasilyev, who stand charged with large-scale fraud.

11:00 12.03.2022

Detention of Sberbank top manager in ex-Deputy Education Minister's case upheld

The Moscow City Court has upheld the detention of Sberbank managing director Eugeny Zak, a defendant in the case against ex-Deputy Minister of Education and Sberbank vice-president Marina Rakova.

10:52 26.10.2021

Croatia extradites Russian national charged with $3 mln attempted fraud

Croatia will extradite to Russia businessman Dmitry Osinin, who stands charged with attempting to fraudulently obtain 210 million rubles ($3 million )in exchange for "help" in a criminal case.

16:42 21.10.2021

Businessman gets 12 years in jail for $2.5 mln embezzlement from disabled persons

Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Monday sentenced businessman Valery Perevoznikov to 12 years behind bars for the embezzlement of 179 million rubles ($2.5 million) intended for producing prostheses for disabled persons.

15:25 18.10.2021

Owner of Russian major industrial construction company put in detention in fraud case

Moscow’s Basmanny District Court on Thursday detained the founder of Rosengineering industrial construction company Dmitry Novikov as part of a large-scale fraud case.

15:08 07.10.2021

Moscow City Court upholds stay of businessman Baturin in detention until winter

The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld extension of detention of businessman Viktor Baturin, who stands charged with attempted fraud, until December 1.

17:58 27.09.2021

Russia’s Central Election Commission to check all election fraud reports

The Central Election Commission will check all complaints about alleged cases of election fraud, the Commission’s Chair Ella Pamfilova has announced.

13:46 24.09.2021

Ex-Mayor of town in Russian Republic Adygea gets 2.5-year suspended term for fraud attempt

Ex-Mayor of the town of Maikop in Russia’s Republic of Adygea Andrey Getmanov has received a 2.5-year suspended sentence for deal compulsion, large-scale fraud attempt and illicit ammunition storage.

10:54 22.09.2021

Parole of ex-Senator Torlopov overturned by Supreme Court of Russia’s Komi Republic

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Komi has overturned a lower court decision to grant parole to former senator Vladimir Torlopov, who was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison in the case of ex-head of the Komi Republic Vyacheslav Gaizer.

13:49 17.09.2021

Russian Supreme Court backs initiation of new case against ex-Moscow judge

The Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the Higher Judges' Qualifications Board’s decision to launch a new criminal case against ex-judge of the Moscow Commercial Court Igor Korogodov.

14:14 16.09.2021

Uralchem comments on its dispute with offshore companies in High Court of Ireland

The High Court of Ireland (High Court) at the organizational meeting held on July 30 announced that it intends to decide if it is the proper venue to consider the claim of the offshore companies Trafalgar Developments Limited, Bairiki Incorporated, Kamara Limited, Instantania Holdings Limited against Uralchem JSC and other persons.

12:24 06.09.2021

Second ex-owner of Promsvyazbank Alexey Ananyev arrested in absentia on fraud charges

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court issued an arrest warrant for the second ex-owner of Promsvyazbank Alexey Ananyev in absentia in a new fraud case on Friday.

13:55 27.08.2021

Ex-owner of Promsvyazbank Dmitry Ananyev arrested in absentia in fraud case

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for ex-owner of Promsvyazbank Dmitry Ananyev in absentia as part of a new fraud case opened against him and his brother Alexey.

15:54 25.08.2021