Moscow court extends detention of ex-receiver in charge of Rosneft subsidiariesThe Tagansky District Court in Moscow had extended detention of Oleg Smetanin, the former bankruptcy commissioner of several Rosneft subsidiaries, charged with embezzlement of 300 million rubles ($ 5.3 million), until April 3.16:59 02.02.2018
Moscow court dismisses appeal against sentence of Vneshprombank’s ex-headThe Moscow City Court has refused to review an appeal filed by former president of Vneshprombank Larisa Markus sentenced to 8.5 years in a penal colony for embezzlement of 113.5 billion rubles (about $2 billion).10:59 31.01.2018
Moscow court upholds return of Probusinessbank embezzlement case to prosecutorsThe Moscow City Court has upheld return of a criminal case against former vice-president of the Probusinessbank, Vyacheslav Kazantsev, and seven other persons, charged with embezzlement, to prosecutors.12:59 30.01.2018
Russian court sentences NYC socialite Janna Bullock to 11 years in prisonMoscow’s Basmanny District Court on Tuesday sentenced the U.S. citizen and real estate mogul Janna Bullock to 11 years in prison in absentia for embezzling about 11 billion rubles (about $190 million).12:47 23.01.2018
House arrest of ex-Culture Ministry official Apfelbaum upheldThe Moscow City Court on Monday upheld a lower court’s ruling to extend the house arrest of former official of Russia’s Culture Ministry Sophia Apfelbaum, who stands charged in the embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov, until April 19.15:50 22.01.2018
Russian court to review defense contract embezzlement caseA criminal case against managing director of IT-company Niyenshants Sergey Vlasov, charged with embezzling of 131 million rubles (about $2.3 million) allocated to a defense contract, has reached a St. Petersburg court.18:17 19.01.2018
Russian ministry demands $2.3 mln from defendants in high-profile embezzlement caseRussia’s Ministry of Culture has filed a lawsuit seeking to recover 133 million rubles (about $2.3 million) from defendants in the Seventh Studio embezzlement case.16:59 16.01.2018
Prosecutor seeks up to 10 years in jail for $23 mln Vostochny embezzlement case defendantsA prosecutor has asked the Simonovsky District Court of Moscow to sentence four defendants in a criminal case over embezzlement of 1.3 billion rubles ($23 million) during construction of Vostochny Cosmodrome to prison terms ranging from 7 to 10 years.14:38 16.01.2018
Detention of ex-mayor Koshurnikov extended until mid-FebruaryThe Moscow City Court has extended detention of Denis Koshurnikov, ex-mayor of Pereslavl-Zalessky, charged with abuse of office as part of Rusnano embezzlement case, until February 15.15:30 15.01.2018
Investigators complete probe into theater director embezzlement caseInvestigation into a criminal case against the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov and other defendants charged with embezzling budget funds allocated for arts promotion has been completed.12:59 15.01.2018
Ex-head of Russian Border Agency appeals sentence in embezzlement caseFormer head of the Federal Border Development Agency Dmitry Bezdelov, found guilty of large-scale embezzlement, had appealed his prison sentence.10:56 15.01.2018
Ukraine’s Naftogaz ex-chairman charged with embezzlement to stay under house arrestMoscow’s Tagansky District Court has extended the house arrest of ex-chairman of Ukraine’s largest oil and gas corporation Naftogaz Igor Bakay charged with embezzlement until March 12.17:10 10.01.2018
Moscow court to hear embezzlement case against Ergobank ex-head on January 24The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow will consider a criminal case against former board chairman of Ergobank Vyacheslav Barmin, charged with embezzlement of 750 million rubles ($13.1 million), on January 24.10:59 10.01.2018
Ex-head of Russian Border Agency gets 9 years in prison for embezzlementMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Friday sentenced former head of the Federal Border Development Agency Dmitry Bezdelov to 9 years in prison and fined him 1 million rubles ($17,400) for embezzling about 500 million rubles ($8.7 million).21:13 29.12.2017
Prosecutors appeal sentence of former Russian Deputy Culture Minister Pirumov againProsecutors have again filed an appeal against sentence given to ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov, who had been found guilty of embezzling public funds allocated for restoration of cultural heritage objects.11:59 29.12.2017
Russian prosecutor demands 11 years in prison for NYC socialite Janna BullockA prosecutor has asked the Basmanny District Court of Moscow to sentence the U.S. citizen and real estate mogul Janna Bullock charged in Russia with embezzling about 11 billion rubles (about $190 million) to 11 years in prison in absentia.15:40 27.12.2017
Ex-Culture Ministry official Apfelbaum to stay under house arrest until April 19The Basmanny District Court of Moscow on Monday extended the house arrest of former official of Russia’s Culture Ministry Sophia Apfelbaum, who stands charged in the embezzlement case involving the Gogol Center theater director Kirill Serebrennikov, until April 19.13:59 25.12.2017
Two defendants in Vostochny Cosmodrome embezzlement case to remain in jailThe Far East District Military Court in Khabarovsk has upheld a lower court’s ruling to change a measure of restraint for two defendants in the case over embezzling 5.2 billion rubles (about $89 million) allocated for the construction of Vostochny Cosmodrome, Yuriy Khrizman and Vladimir Ashihmin, from house arrest to detention.11:32 22.12.2017
Defendants in GLONASS-M embezzlement case receive prison termsFour men have been convicted of embezzling about 400 million rubles (about $7 million) allocated for GLONASS-M satellite vehicles.11:59 21.12.2017
Sentence toughened for former Russian Deputy Culture MinisterThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday toughened punishment for ex-Deputy Culture Minister Grigory Pirumov, who had been found guilty of embezzling public funds allocated for restoration of cultural heritage objects.17:02 19.12.2017