Ex-banker Muhiyev sentenced to 11 years in prison in $560 mln embezzlement caseMOSCOW, August 29 (RAPSI) – The Moscow Tverskoy District Court has sentenced former banker Magomed Muhiyev to 11 years in general regime penal colony in a criminal case over 37 billion rubles (about $560 million) theft of funds of clients of nine credit organizations.16:56 29.08.2019
New criminal case opened against ex-Minister AbyzovInvestigators had initiated yet another criminal case against ex-Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov, who stands charged with a 4-billion-ruble ($62 million) embezzlement.15:20 27.08.2019
Extended detention of lawyer involved in Roscosmos embezzlement case upheldThe Moscow City Court on Thursday refused to overturn a lower court’s ruling extending detention of chairman of Tretyakov & Partners law firm Igor Tretyakov involved in the 330-million-ruble ($5 million) Roscosmos embezzlement case until October 19.17:32 22.08.2019
Bankruptcy claim filed against detained former co-owner of Russia’s troubled refineryPersit Services Inc. has filed a petition for bankruptcy of board chairman of New Stream oil and gas company and former co-owner of troubled Antipinsky refinery Dmitry Mazurov charged with embezzlement.15:51 19.08.2019
Ex-head of Moscow Region’s Klin District charged with $650k embezzlementInvestigators have charged ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Klin District Alexander Postrigan, who stands accused of abuse of power and forgery, with embezzling at least 43 million rubles (about $650,000).12:53 19.08.2019
Ex-chairman of Russian youth association gets 2.5 years for embezzlementThe Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced ex-chairman of the St. Petersburg office of Russia’s Union of Youth Dmitry Lyadov to 2.5 years in prison for embezzlement.14:57 16.08.2019
Trial of ex-official Kuznetsov to be held on general terms despite guilty pleaA prosecutor on Friday asked the Basmanny District Court of Moscow to consider an 11-billion-ruble (nearly $200 million) embezzlement case against the former Finance Minister of the Moscow Region Alexey Kuznetsov in a prescribed standard manner.13:26 16.08.2019
Motion to drop 14 charge counts against ex-Moscow Region Finance Minister dismissedMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Friday refused to drop 14 charge counts against ex-Finance Minister of the Moscow Region Alexey Kuznetsov accused of embezzling over 11 billion rubles (nearly $200 million).12:40 16.08.2019
Ex-managers of Russian bank to stand trial on $25.5 mln embezzlement chargesA 1.7-billion-ruble ($25.5 million) embezzlement case against managers of Sovetsky bank has reached the Vyborg District Court of St. Petersburg for hearing.17:00 15.08.2019
Baring Vostok partner freed from detention, put under house arrestThe Moscow City Court on Thursday changed a restrictive measure for Baring Vostok Industry Partner for the financial industry sector Philippe Delpal from detention to house arrest in a 2.5-billion-ruble embezzlement case.14:44 15.08.2019
Russian halfback’s lawsuit against police to be heard in SeptemberMoscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court will begin hearing a 45-million-ruble (nearly $700,000) lawsuit filed by ex-national football team player Yevgeny Aldonin against Russia’s Interior Ministry on September 9.13:33 15.08.2019
Ex-minister Abyzov loses appeal against extended detention in embezzlement caseEx-Minister for Open Government affairs Mikhail Abyzov, who stands charged with a 4-billion-ruble ($62 million) embezzlement, on Wednesday lost an appeal against extension of his detention.14:29 14.08.2019
Ex-Deputy Culture Minister freed from detention in $7 mln embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court on Monday released ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov from detention and placed him under house arrest until November 16 as part of a 450-million-ruble (about $7 million) embezzlement case.15:55 12.08.2019
Sentence of Nota-bank co-owner reduced by monthThe Moscow City Court on Thursday reduced a 6-year prison sentence given to a co-owner of Nota-bank Vadim Yerokhin for embezzling over 2 billion rubles (about $31 million) from the bank depositors by a month.15:58 08.08.2019
Ex-penitentiary official’s 7-year sentence for $4 mln embezzlement appealedA 7-year prison sentence passed on ex-deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov for a 263-million-ruble (about $4 million) embezzlement has been appealed.14:20 08.08.2019
Ex-Deputy Culture Minister granted parole in $1.5 embezzlement caseMoscow’s Preobrazhensky District Court has granted a petition for parole filed by the former Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov sentenced to 3 years in prison for 100-million-ruble embezzlement ($1.5 million).11:01 08.08.2019
Moscow court sentences U.S. citizen to 11 years for $167 mln embezzlementThe Moscow Basmanny District Court has sentenced U.S. citizen Dmitry Kotlyarenko charged with embezzlement of over 11 billion rubles (about $167 million) and money laundering to 11 years in a penal colony in absentia.13:16 31.07.2019
Moscow Court upholds Magomedov brothers’ detention in $40 mln embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld detention of the Magomedov brothers involved in a case over embezzlement of 2.5 billion rubles (about $40 million) and criminal group creation until September 30.13:40 30.07.2019
Ex-penitentiary official Korshunov sentenced to 7 years in prisonThe Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow has sentenced former deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov to 7 years in a penal colony for a 263-million-ruble (about $4.2 million) embezzlement.10:14 30.07.2019
Detention of former co-owner of Russian troubled refinery charged with embezzlement upheldThe Moscow City Court has upheld detention of board chairman of New Stream oil and gas company and former co-owner of troubled Antipinsky refinery Dmitry Mazurov charged with a 1.8-billion ruble embezzlement until September 12.19:23 29.07.2019