Police officers raid Moscow office of Dynamo hockey clubPolice officers have searched an office of Dynamo hockey club (Moscow) seizing some financial documents.17:50 02.06.2017
Ex-chief accountant of Russian theater company appeals detention in embezzlement caseEx-chief accountant of the Seventh Studio stage company Nina Maslyayeva, who stands charged with embezzling public funds allocated for promotion of art, has filed an appeal against her detention.10:56 30.05.2017
Ex-head of Russian theater company denies involvement in large-scale embezzlementFormer head of the Seventh Studio stage company Yury Itin has denied involvement in embezzlement of 200 million rubles (about $3.5 million) allocated for promotion of art.17:50 25.05.2017
Ex-president of Vneshprombank declared bankruptThe Moscow Commercial Court on Thursday declared ex-president of Vneshprombank Larisa Markus sentenced to 9 years in prison for embezzling 114 billion rubles (about $2 billion) bankrupt upon the application of VTB24 bank.15:58 25.05.2017
Ex-head of stage company suspected of embezzling funds allocated for artRussian investigators have arrested former head of the Seventh Studio stage company Yury Itin and ex-chief accountant Nina Maslyayeva on suspicion of embezzling about 200 million rubles (about $3.5 million) allocated for promotion of art.10:50 24.05.2017
Police raid popular Moscow theater as part of $3.5 mln embezzlement casePolice have raided the Gogol Center, a popular contemporary theater in Moscow, as part of investigation into alleged embezzlement of nearly 200 million rubles ($3.5 million) of budget funds allocated for development of art.15:34 23.05.2017
Ex-president of Vneshprombank appeals sentence in embezzlement caseFormer president of Vneshprombank Larisa Markus, who had received nine years in prison for embezzling 114 billion rubles (about $2 billion), appealed her sentence.14:56 23.05.2017
Prosecutor demands 9 years in prison for Russian penitentiary ex-headProsecutor on Monday asked the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow to sentence ex-head of Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer charged with embezzlement to 9 years in prison.17:14 22.05.2017
Russian police arrest 20 people suspected of cyber fraudPolice have arrested twenty individuals suspected of embezzling money from bank accounts using a malware program.11:55 22.05.2017
RusHydro ex-head, chief accountant to stay under house arrest till June 22Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has extended the house arrest of Yevgeny Dod, ex-head of hydroelectric power giant RusHydro, and Dmitry Finkel, the company’s ex-chief accountant, in a 73-million-ruble ($1.2 million) embezzlement case.11:59 19.05.2017
Moscow City Court extends detention for three Probusinessbank ex-managersThe Moscow City Court has extended detention of three former managers of Probusinessbank charged with embezzlement of 2.5 billion rubles (about $43.9 million) until August 17.10:53 17.05.2017
Russian court upholds sentence for Sakhalin investment ex-ministerThe Sakhalin Regional Court has upheld a 3.5-year prison sentence given to Sakhalin’s former minister of investment and foreign ties Yekaterina Kotova for embezzlement of 3.2 million rubles (about $57,100).10:47 16.05.2017
Russian national charged with embezzlement extradited from PolandRussian national Dmitry Smirnov, charged with embezzlement of nearly two million rubles ($35,700), was extradited from Poland on Monday.15:57 15.05.2017
Criminal case against Rusnano ex-head Melamed reaches courtA criminal case against Leonid Melamed, former chief of the Russian nanotechnology corporation Rusnano who stands charged with embezzlement, has reached the Cheremushkinsky District Court.15:55 12.05.2017
Vneshprombank ex-president gets 9 years in prison for $2 mln embezzlementMoscow’s Khamovnichesky District Court on Friday sentenced ex-Vneshprombank president Larisa Markus to 9 years in prison for embezzling 114 billion rubles (about $2 billion).13:42 12.05.2017
Russia’s Hermitage Museum recognized as victim in embezzlement caseThe State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg has been recognized as victim in a case over large scale embezzlement during construction and restoration of the museum’s facilities.10:44 12.05.2017
Prosecutor General forwards case against Rusnano ex-top managers to courtProsecutor General Yury Chaika has forwarded a case against top managers of the Russian nanotechnology corporation Rusnano, charged with embezzlement of 220 million rubles ($2.9 million), to court.18:07 11.05.2017
Ex-Rusnano chief Melamed released from house arrestLeonid Melamed, former chief of the Russian nanotechnology corporation Rusnano who stands charged with embezzlement, has been released from house arrest.10:35 11.05.2017
Sentencing in Vneshprombank embezzlement case set for May 12Moscow’s Khamovnichesky District Court will read a sentence for ex-Vneshprombank president Larisa Markus and former vice-president of the bank Yekaterina Glushakova, who stand charged with embezzling 114 billion rubles (about $2 billion).14:38 10.05.2017
One more defendant in Culture Ministry’s embezzlement case pleads guiltyOne of the defendants in a criminal case over large-scale embezzlement of public funds allocated for restoration of cultural heritage objects, Nikita Kolesnikov, admitted guilt and made a deal with the investigation.11:37 05.05.2017