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Moscow court to hear case over $950 mln embezzlement in BTA Bank on January 31

The 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

Moscow oceanarium developer’s claim against offshore set for 2018

The Moscow Commercial Court has postponed hearing of a lawsuit filed by the construction developer of Moscow’s Marine Gardens oceanarium seeking to collect 27.6 billion rubles ($460 million) from Facebook Trading Limited company registered in Cyprus until March 13, 2018.

10:58 09.08.2017

Moscow court sets aside oceanarium developer’s $11 bln lawsuit against offshore

The Moscow Commercial Court has adjourned until June 22 a 633 billion rubles (about $11 billion) lawsuit filed by the developer of the construction project for Marine Gardens oceanarium in Moscow against Facebook Trading Limited company registered in Cyprus.

09:30 08.06.2017

Ex-banker Ablyazov sentenced to 20 years in absentia by Kazakh court

The Specialized Criminal Interdistrict Court of Almaty has sentenced ex-chairman of the Kazakh BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov to 20 years in prison in absentia for embezzlement and organizing a criminal gang.

10:51 07.06.2017

Ex-BTA Bank top managers plead guilty to embezzlement

Former top managers of the Kazakh BTA Bank involved in a criminal case against bank’s ex-chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov have pleaded guilty to embezzlement.

11:38 03.04.2017

Moscow court upholds $420 mln claim of BTA Bank against Ablyazov

The Moscow Commercial Court has granted a petition by BTA Bank demanding to uphold and execute in Russia a ruling of London’s High Court of Justice ordering to collect $420 million from bank’s ex-chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov.

16:45 14.03.2017

Alleged co-conspirator of tycoon Ablyazov suspected of embezzlement detained in Kazakhstan

Chief editor of Kazakh Tribuna newspaper, Zhanolat Mamay, was detained in criminal case related to alleged embezzlement from BTA Bank by its former owner Mukhtar Ablyazov.

10:58 13.02.2017

Kazakh tycoon Ablyazov to remain in French jail

The Court of Appeals in Lyon, France, has dismissed a motion lodged by Kazakh tycoon Mukhtar Ablyazov, who stands charged with embezzling over $6 billion from BTA Bank, to release him from custody.

15:19 11.03.2016

France to extradite Kazakh tycoon Ablyazov to Russia – report

French authorities have approved the extradition to Russia of Kazakh tycoon Mukhtar Ablyazov, accused of embezzling over $6 billion from BTA Bank.

13:19 12.10.2015

French court rules Kazakh tycoon Ablyazov should be extradited

France's top court approved on Wednesday the extradition to Russia or Ukraine of Kazakh tycoon Mukhtar Ablyazov, accused of embezzling over $6 billion from BTA Bank.

16:25 04.03.2015

Moscow City Court refuses to seize warehouse in BTA Bank case

The Moscow City Court confirmed a lower court’s refusal to seize a logistics center in Tatarstan in the case regarding embezzlement from BTA Bank (Kazakhstan).

16:36 09.02.2015

Fugitive Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov appeals seizure of his assets in Russia

Former head of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov detained in France has filed an appeal with the Moscow City Court challenging seizure of his assets in Russia.

15:53 03.02.2015

Russian nationalist leader placed under house arrest in BTA Bank case

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow on Friday has placed Alexander Potkin (a.k.a Belov), accused of laundering money embezzled from BTA Bank, under house arrest, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.

17:38 17.10.2014

Nationalist leader involved in BTA Bank case faces house arrest

Investigators filed a motion with Moscow's Basmanny District Court to place Aleksandr Potkin, former leader of the Russian nationalist Movement Against Illegal Immigration, under house arrest in the BTA Bank embezzlement case.

12:01 17.10.2014

Fugitive Kazakh banker Mukhtar Ablyazov to stay in detention in France

Bail was denied Monday by French court for fugitive banker Mukhtar Ablyazov, wanted by Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.

15:04 06.10.2014

Italian court overturns deportation ruling on Ablyazov’s wife as unlawful

Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation has ruled that the deportation of Alma Shalabayeva, the wife of the former head of BTA Bank, Mukhtar Ablyazov, to Kazakhstan was unlawful, RIA Novosti announced, citing Italian media.

10:54 31.07.2014

Eurasia Logistic manager convicted of $730 mln fraud released on parole

The former Director General of Eurasia Logistic, Alexander Volkov, who was sentenced in a $730 million fraud case in 2012, has been released on parole, Kommersant newspaper wrote on Monday.

12:09 30.06.2014

French court allows Russia and Ukraine to participate in Ablyazov’s trial

The investigative chamber of the Lyon Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that Russia and Ukraine can send their representatives to the trial of former banker Mukhtar Ablyazov, whose extradition the two countries have requested, AFP writes.

16:26 03.06.2014

Ex-head of Kazakh BTA Bank accuses French prosecutor of slander

The former head of the Kazakh BTA Bank, Mukhtar Ablyazov, whose extradition case is being heard in France, has accused public prosecutor Solange Legras of slander. She said Ablyazov tried to influence the French court.

10:27 30.04.2014

BTA Bank CEO’s extradition cancelled for lack of signature – lawyer

The Supreme Court of France has vacated a ruling on the extradition of fugitive ex-CEO of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov because of an administrative error by the court, according to the statement of Antonin Levy, legal consultant to BTA Bank in France.

16:48 11.04.2014