MOSCOW, November 9 (RAPSI) – The Moscow City Court on Monday upheld detention of executive director of the Bank Trust Mikhail Khabarov in a 900 million-ruble ($11.6 million) embezzlement case, the court’s press service told RAPSI.

Khabarov was placed in detention for two months in early October. Following that, his defense repeatedly complained about law violations against the defendant.  According to attorney, Vladimir Slashchev, their complaints reached top-level officials. It’s a matter of fact that the case was transferred to the Investigative Committee’s central office where all violations were revealed, he stated.

According to the defendant’s defense, investigators are “shilled” by a victim in the case, ex-business partner of the bank top manager Alexander Bogatikov, who claims that the money was stolen from him. Investigators believe that Khabarov induced his former business partner to sign an option and service agreement therefore deceiving the victim. Khabarov’s lawyers insist Bogatikov “put a bee in bonnet”.