A recognized fraudster

The Zamoskvoretsky court of Moscow on Tuesday found the ex-head of Minatoma Evgeny Adamov guilty of fraud and abuse of official powers, RIA Novosti reports. "The court found that Adamov committed the theft of budget funds through fraud, that is, he committed a crime that is qualified by Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation," the verdict said.

The verdict noted that Adamov’s criminal actions were committed from selfish motives and caused significant damage to the interests of the state.

Adamov said that he would appeal the conviction.

Now a break has been announced at the court session. The penalty has not yet been announced. Earlier, the prosecutor asked Adamov to be sentenced to nine years in prison, and the defense and the former head of the Minatoma himself asked the court to bear an acquittal.

In addition to the ex-head of the Minatoma, the former director of the State Scientific Center, Troitsky Institute of Innovative and Thermonuclear Studies, Vyacheslav the Written and former general director of Tekhnabekhort OJSC Robser Freemstet sits on the Skmiece.

In 2005, Adamov, who headed Minat in 1998-2001, was arrested in Bern at the request of the US Department of Justice. The American authorities accused him of assigning $ 9 million allocated to Russia to increase the safety of nuclear facilities. Switzerland extracted Adamov to Russia.

According to the American side, Adams and US citizen Mark Kaushansky entered into a conspiracy to illegally assign funds from nuclear security funds intended for the research and design institution of energy equipment, which was headed by Adamov. According to the prosecutors, the funds by order of Adamov were transferred to the accounts controlled by him in American banks.

On June 6, 2007, the American court removed all the charges from Kaushansky, except those with whom he agreed. Kaushansky admitted that he did not duly declare about 63 thousand dollars of tax in his tax returns. For violation of tax legislation, he was sentenced to 15 months in prison, a fine of 20 thousand dollars and three years of observation by law enforcement agencies after release.