Russian ex-bankers’ sentence in $32 mln embezzlement case upheldThe Moscow City Court on Monday dismissed an appeal against sentence given to ex-beneficiary of now-defunct Investbank Sergey Mastyugin and ex-board chair of the bank Olga Borgardt for embezzlement of more than 2 billion rubles (about $32 million).15:59 25.06.2018
Cypriot court releases Russian woman charged with embezzlement on bailThe Nikosia District Court on Cyprus has ruled to release Russian citizen Marina Solinova, charged with embezzling 3 million rubles (about $50,000), on €50,000 bail until the next court hearing.10:59 25.06.2018
Former attorney of ex-senator sentenced to life gets 4 years for embezzlementMoscow’s Presnensky District Court has sentenced Viktor Fedorchenko, ex-attorney of the former senator Igor Izmestyev sentenced to life, to 4 years in prison for $1.5 million embezzlement.17:24 22.06.2018
Former deputy head of Hermitage museum admits embezzling $481,000Former deputy director of the Hermitage Museum Mikhail Novikov and managing director of BaltStroy company Alexander Kochenov admitted their guilt in embezzlement of 30.6 million rubles ($481,000) during construction and restoration of the museum’s facilities.14:59 20.06.2018
Trial of Yukos ex-lawyer Ivlev to begin on June 29The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow will begin hearing a criminal case against Yukos oil company’s former lawyer Pavel Ivlev on June 29.12:11 15.06.2018
Detention of former Probusinessbank vice-president reduced by halfThe Moscow City Court has reduced detention of former vice-president of the Probusinessbank Vyacheslav Kazantsev charged with embezzlement from 6 to 3 months.10:37 15.06.2018
Shares of Summa seized by Moscow court as part of embezzlement caseThe Preobrazhensky District Court of Moscow has seized shares of Summa Group owned by Ziyavudin Magomedov, a defendant in a criminal case over fraud and embezzlement on an especially large scale.14:59 14.06.2018
Russian ex-Deputy Culture Minister to stay detained in embezzlement caseThe Moscow City Court on Wednesday upheld detention for ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov charged with embezzling funds allocated for the construction of the Hermitage Museum’s buildings.16:59 13.06.2018
Cyprus seeks to uphold Russian woman’s arrest in absentia in $50k embezzlement caseRussia’s Prosecutor General’s Office received a Cypriot court’s request to uphold the arrest warrant issued in absentia for Russian citizen Marina Solinova charged with embezzling 3 million rubles (about $50,000).12:59 09.06.2018
Moscow court seizes Summa Group owner’s property in embezzlement caseThe Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has seized property of Summa Group owner Ziyavudin Magomedov and his brother Magomed Magomedov as part of a 2.5-billion-ruble embezzlement case ($43.5 million).11:59 09.06.2018
Russian Culture Ministry’s ex-official arrested in absentiaThe Basmanny District Court of Moscow has ruled to arrest in absentia the former director of the Culture Ministry’s department of property management and investment policy Boris Mazo charged with embezzlement of funds allocated for construction of the Hermitage Museum’s facilities.14:44 08.06.2018
Russian Supreme Court mitigates sentence of two Vostochny embezzlement case defendantsRussia’s Supreme Court on Friday mitigated the sentence of Dalspetsstroy building company’s ex-CEO Yury Khrizman and his son Mikhail convicted of embezzling 5.2 billion rubles (about $83 million at the current exchange rate) during Vostochny Cosmodrome construction.11:48 08.06.2018
Examination confirms emergency officials’ guilt in Kemerovo fire case – investigatorsLegal examination has confirmed the guilt of the Emergency Ministry’s officials detained in a case over tragic fire in Kemerovo’s Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) mall that left 60 people dead.13:59 06.06.2018
Russian penitentiary service seeks $35.5 mln from its convicted ex-director ReimerRussia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) has filed a lawsuit with Moscow’s Zamoskvorestsky District Court demanding to collect over 2.2 billion rubles ($35.5 million) in compensation from its former director Alexander Reimer and his accomplices convicted of embezzlement.12:59 04.06.2018
Businessman gets suspended sentence for $900,000 embezzlementBusinessman David Makhateli has received a 3-year suspended sentence for embezzling 55 million rubles (about $900,000) from the budget of St. Petersburg during construction of a kindergarten.11:27 04.06.2018
Ex-tourism top official’s appeal against 7-year sentence for embezzlement dismissedThe Moscow City Court has refused to transfer an appeal filed by the former deputy head of the Federal Tourism Agency (Rosturizm) Dmitry Amunts, who had been sentenced to seven years in a penal colony for implication in embezzlement of 29 billion rubles ($467 million) from now-defunct Mezhprombank, to the court's Presidium.14:59 31.05.2018
Head of Moscow region's city district put under house arrest in embezzlement caseA court in the Moscow Region has ruled to place a head of Kotelniki city district charged with embezzling 115 million rubles ($1.8 million) under house arrest.11:59 29.05.2018
Ex-head of company related to Russian Defense Ministry sentenced to 4.5 yearsFormer head of Slavyanka utility company’s body in Russia’s Kronstadt Stanislav Kolomiyets has been sentenced to 4.5 years in a penal colony for embezzling 11 million rubles ($176,200).17:49 28.05.2018
Kemerovo Region’s top official arrested as part of mall blaze caseHead of the Ministry of Emergencies’ department for Kemerovo Region Alexander Mamontov has been arrested by law enforcement officers as part of the investigation into a criminal case over tragic fire in the Zimnyaya Vishnya (Winter Cherry) shopping mall that left 64 people dead.12:39 25.05.2018
Moscow engineering bureau demands $32 mln from Rostec embezzlement case defendantsThe Moscow engineering bureau Compass has filed a 2-billion-ruble ($32 million) claim against defendants in Rostec Corporation embezzlement case.13:28 21.05.2018