Four people convicted of $320k army embezzlement in Moscow RegionA court has found two retired army officers and two former civil servants of one of the Moscow Region’s military units guilty of embezzling more than 21 million rubles (over 320,000).13:23 08.10.2019
Detention of construction developer accused of $31 mln embezzlement extended againMoscow’s Tverskoy District Court has extended detention of owner of Optima Development construction company Albert Khudoyan charged with 2-billion-ruble embezzlement (over $31 million) until October 14.10:51 04.10.2019
Prosecutors’ appeal against return of Serebrennikov case to be heard on October 8The Moscow City Court will hear a prosecutors’ appeal against return of the Seventh Studio stage company embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov to a prosecutor’s office for clearing of the indictment on October 8.15:52 03.10.2019
Ex-CEO of Russian vodka producer to stay under house arrest in embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court has upheld a lower court’s ruling extending house arrest of ex-CEO of Russian company producer of Five Lakes (Pyat Ozer) vodka brand Igor Savelyev, who stands charged with embezzlement, until November 16.10:30 03.10.2019
Top manager of Aeroflot detained in $4 mln embezzlement caseMoscow’s Basmanny District Court has held that deputy CEO of Aeroflot air carrier Vladimir Aleksandrov be detained on embezzlement allegations until November 30.09:54 03.10.2019
Moscow court upholds seizure of € 127 mln linked to detained ex-minister AbyzovThe Moscow City Court has upheld seizure of 127 million euros as part of a case against ex-Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov charged with a 4-billion-ruble ($62 million) embezzlement.10:56 01.10.2019
Detention order against construction developer in embezzlement probe vacatedThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday ordered an investigator’s motion to extend detention of owner of Optima Development construction company Albert Khudoyan charged with 2-billion-ruble embezzlement (over $31 million) to be reconsidered.17:03 25.09.2019
Prosecutors appeal against return of Serebrennikov caseProsecutors have lodged an appeal against a court decision to return them an embezzlement case involving theater director Kirill Serebrennikov for approving indictment.10:58 24.09.2019
Appeal against construction developer’s detention to be heard on September 25The Moscow City Court on Monday held that an appeal against extension of detention of owner of Optima Development construction company Albert Khudoyan charged with 2-billion-ruble embezzlement (over $31 million) be considered on September 25.17:22 23.09.2019
Executives of aircraft interior equipment producer to stay detained in embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court on Monday upheld extension of detention of CEO of VEMINA Aviaprestige industrial holding Vitaly Romanyuk and the enterprise’s executive director Sergey Davydov in a large-scale embezzlement case, up to a year, until October 10.15:40 23.09.2019
Ex-footballers of Russian national team seek to join claims against Interior MinistryFormer players of Russia’s national football team have asked Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court to join their civil claims seeking to recover in total 260 million rubles (about $4 million) from the Interior Ministry for allegedly unsatisfactory probe into fraud at Zamoskvoretsky bank.11:51 23.09.2019
Russian lawyer imprisoned for 4 years for attempted embezzlementA court in Russia’s Yaroslavl has sentenced attorney Vladimir Zubkov to 4 years behind bars for attempted embezzlement and falsification of documents.15:56 20.09.2019
St. Petersburg court denies investigators’ bid to detain banker in embezzlement caseThe Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg has dismissed the investigators’ motion for detention of board chairman of Prime Finance bank Mikhail Tabunov charged with cross-currency embezzlement of hundreds of millions from his financial organization.11:37 20.09.2019
Former St. Petersburg vice-governor pleads not guilty to bribery, embezzlementThe former vice-governor of St. Petersburg Marat Oganesyan pled not guilty in court on Wednesday to bribery and embezzlement of funds allocated for the construction of the city’s Arena football stadium.17:45 18.09.2019
Wanted ex-chief of Russian Basketball Federation ordered to pay organization over $650kMoscow’s Simonovsky District Court has ordered recovery of 42.8 million rubles (over $650,000) in favor of the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF) from its wanted ex-president Yulia Anikeyeva convicted of embezzlement.14:53 18.09.2019
Judge proposes to return Serebrennikov embezzlement case to prosecutorsMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Wednesday raised the question of return of an embezzlement case involving theater director Kirill Serebrennikov to prosecutors.11:47 11.09.2019
Investigators seek for arrest of ex-owners of Russia’s Promsvyazbank in absentiaInvestigators are petitioning for the arrest of ex-owners of Promsvyazbank Alexey Ananyev and Dmitry Ananyev in absentia.15:02 10.09.2019
Charges dropped against ex-Rosneft top manager - Russia’s business ombudsmanA criminal case against a former vice-president of Rosneft oil company Anatoly Loktionov, who stood charged with embezzlement, was closed, the press service of the Russian business ombudsman Boris Titov reported Friday.13:02 06.09.2019
Ruling on recovery of $4.5 mln from lawyer involved in Roscosmos embezzlement case upheldThe Moscow District Commercial Court on Thursday upheld lower courts’ rulings ordering recovery of 308 million rubles from ($4.5 million) from Chairman of Tretyakov & Partners law firm Igor Tretyakov involved in the Roscosmos embezzlement case.16:46 05.09.2019
Ex-Deputy Culture Minister to be released on parole in $1.5 mln embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling on parole of the former Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov in a 100-million-ruble embezzlement ($1.5 million) case.12:33 05.09.2019