Embezzlement

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Lawyer Tretyakov gets 7 years in jail for legal assistance to Roscosmos subsidiary

The Khimki City Court has sentenced lawyer Igor Tretyakov to seven years in a penal colony in the case of embezzlement of Roscosmos funds.

12:40 05.10.2022

Moscow lawyer acquitted in case over embezzlement of $17 million

Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court has acquitted Sergey Yuryev, the president of Moscow's bar association Mezhregion, of embezzling 1 billion rubles (about $17 million at the current exchange rate) from the State Air Traffic Management Corporation (ATM).

11:14 23.08.2022

Moscow court mitigates Shaninka rector Zuyev pretrial restrictions to house arrest

The Moscow Tverskoy District Court ruled to release rector of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) Sergey Zuyev, who is a defendant in a 21-million-ruble (about $300,000) embezzlement case, from custody to wait for the trial under house arrest.

16:22 03.08.2022

Russian Supreme Court to set venue in ex-Culture official case over Hermitage embezzlement

Russia’s Supreme Court is to rule on the proper venue in the case of fraudulent embezzlement of more than 900 million rubles (about $14.8 million) allocated for the reconstruction of the Hermitage Museum against ex-official of the Culture Ministry Boris Mazo.

12:25 03.08.2022

Ex-head of Yugoria company sentenced to 7.5 years for embezzlement of $3.2 mln

The Khanty-Mansiisk District Court has sentenced Vladimir Volkov, former CEO of Yugoria company, to 7.5 years in a penal colony for embezzlement of 183 million rubles ($3.2 million) from the insurer.

11:23 19.07.2022

Former deputy governor of Tomsk region charged with embezzlement

Embezzlement charges have been brought against a former deputy governor of the Tomsk region Yury Gurdin.

15:56 13.07.2022

Five get long jail terms in case on illegal withdrawal of over $2B to Moldovan bank

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has sentenced five people to prison terms ranging from 15 to 19 years for illegal currency transfers amounting to more than 126 billion rubles (about $2.15 billion at the time of writing) with the use of falsified documents to BC Moldindconbank S.A.

18:16 12.07.2022

Top manager of Aeroflot gets 7 years in jail for embezzlement

Moscow’s Gagarinsky District Court on Friday sentenced deputy CEO of Aeroflot air carrier Vladimir Aleksandrov to 7 years in penal colony for embezzling money during the conclusion of legal service agreements.

13:48 08.07.2022

Ex-head of Russian commercial bank arrested in absentia on embezzlement charges

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow has issued an arrest warrant for the former head of the commercial bank Strategy Kirill Drugov in absentia as part of an embezzlement case.

11:19 08.07.2022

Businessman gets 20 years in president’s residence construction embezzlement case

The Second Western District Military Court has sentenced Forum Holding CEO Dmitry Mikhalchenko to 20 years in high-security penal colony for embezzling nearly 1.2 billion rubles during the construction of a presidential residence near Moscow.

17:13 29.06.2022

Prosecutor seeks 9-year terms for lawyers involved in Aeroflot embezzlement case

A prosecutor has demanded 9 years in jail for lawyers Alexander Slivko and Dina Kibets each in the Aeroflot embezzlement case.

10:27 16.06.2022

Ex-Deputy Minister of Science sentenced to 6.5 years for $800k embezzlement

Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court on Friday sentenced ex-Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Marina Lukashevich to 6.5 years behind bars for embezzling about 50 million rubles (over $800,000).

18:45 03.06.2022

Detention of Sberbank top manager in ex-Deputy Education Minister's case upheld

The Moscow City Court has upheld the detention of Sberbank managing director Eugeny Zak, a defendant in the case against ex-Deputy Minister of Education and Sberbank vice-president Marina Rakova.

10:52 26.10.2021

Detention of ex-Deputy Minister of Education Rakova in embezzlement case upheld

The Moscow City Court on Monday rejected an appeal filed by ex-Deputy Minister of Education and Sberbank vice-president Marina Rakova against her detention in an embezzlement case.

15:56 25.10.2021

Top manager of major real estate developer challenges detention in embezzlement case

The Moscow City Court has set October 27 as a date for the hearing of an appeal by the regional development director of major real estate developer Samolet Alexander Lefel against his detention in a large-scale embezzlement case.

11:06 25.10.2021

Defendant in embezzlement case of ex- Deputy Minister of Education to stay in detention

The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld detention of the former CEO of the Fund for New Forms of Education Development Maxim Inkin, one of the defendants in a case against ex-Deputy Minister of Education and Sberbank vice-president Marina Rakova.

13:18 21.10.2021

Moscow court to hear appeal against house arrest of Shaninka rector in embezzlement case

The Moscow City Court will hear a prosecutor's appeal against house arrest of the rector of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) Sergey Zuyev in a 21-million-ruble (about $300,000) embezzlement case on October 27.

17:55 20.10.2021

Prosecutors insist on detention of higher institution rector involved in embezzlement case

The Moscow Prosecutor’s Office filed an appeal seeking to overturn a court ruling dismissing a detention plea and ordering the rector of the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences (Shaninka) Sergey Zuyev to be put under house arrest in a 21-million-ruble (about $300,000) embezzlement case.

13:01 19.10.2021

Prosecutors seek harsher sentence for man convicted of theatre construction embezzlement

Prosecutors seek to impose a stricter punishment on Maxim Korneyev, who has received suspended sentence for the embezzlement of funds allocated as part of the Federal Target Program “Culture of Russia” for a new building design of the Maly Drama Theatre.

16:59 18.10.2021

Businessman gets 12 years in jail for $2.5 mln embezzlement from disabled persons

Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court on Monday sentenced businessman Valery Perevoznikov to 12 years behind bars for the embezzlement of 179 million rubles ($2.5 million) intended for producing prostheses for disabled persons.

15:25 18.10.2021