A new criminal case has been instituted against the ex-leaders of the Moscow Bank

The new criminal case was instituted against the ex-president of the Bank of Moscow Andrei Borodin and former vice president of the bank Dmitry Akulinin. According to Kommersant, the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation stated on Wednesday. Borodin and Akulinin are accused of embezzlement of more than 6.7 billion rubles, transferred from the account of the Bank of Moscow to the accounts of Cyprus offshore companies.

"According to the investigation, in the period 2008-2011, these persons, using their official position, organized a transfer of at least 7.8 billion rubles from the correspondent Bank of Moscow from the correspondent account of commercial companies, registered in the territory of the Republic of Cyprus. None of the two dozen firms involved in the criminal scheme traditionally led any financial and economic activities, ”the Kommersant quotes the representative of the Investigative Department.

The source of the publication also noted that, according to the investigation, in order to ensure the appearance of the legality of their actions, the defendants provided fictitious loan agreements to the Bank of Moscow and organized a partial repayment of the debt with the money of the creditor itself. The investigation claims that after the bank issuing the next loan, a small amount was transferred to the bank account of repayment of the previous one. Investigators believe that in total, about 1.1 billion rubles were returned to the bank.

On November 23, 2011, the Prosecutor General instructed the Russian Bureau of Interpol to organize the international wanted list Andrei Borodin and Dmitry Akulinin. "This decision was made based on the results of the study of the materials of the criminal case in the production of the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, on the fact of fraud with the funds of the city budget, which the Bank of Moscow issued the" Premier-Estate ". In the event of the establishment of the location of Borodin and Akulinin in the territory of one of the Member States of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, their arrest and issuance for involvement to be involved in the attraction to involvement Criminal liability for fraud, ”said Marina Gridneva, official representative of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

At the end of 2010, the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs opened a case against Borodin and Akulinin on the fact of fraud with funds from the city budget of 12.76 billion rubles through the credit of the Prime Minister CJSC, which was issued by the Bank of Moscow. Borodin and Akulinin were charged in absentia under articles 201 Criminal Code (abuse of authority) and 159 Criminal Code (fraud). The Tver court of Moscow issued a sanction for absentee arrest of the former president of the Bank of Moscow and his deputy. Borodin hurriedly left for London.

Vedomosti published an interview with Borodin, in which he told how a deal to sell his share in the bank was going on. According to Borodin, selling the bank’s shares to the former special representative of President Igor Yusufov, he was sure that he was acting in the interests of President Dmitry Medvedev. “If we analyze everything that happened to the Moscow Bank since September last year, it is clear that the whole story was a political decision - to take control of the bank. And Igor Kostin and Igor Yusufov, close to the top, was fulfilled by this decision of the VTB’s reproduction. Yusufov told me with a direct text that he was acting in the interests of President Dmitry Medvedev,” Borodin said.

Borodin called Yusufov slander. He did not rule out that he would sue the businessman for slander. “In relations with Borodin, I always acted exclusively on a personal initiative. I did not consult with anyone and did not receive any instructions from anyone. In this deal, I acted in the interests of my son Vitaly. I am considering the possibility of suing for the cowed accusations,” he said.

The press secretary of Medvedev Natalya Timakova also refuted Borodin's words. "President Dmitry Medvedev never participated in any commercial negotiations and did not give instructions on certain commercial projects. Links to alleged instructions from the country's leadership, unfortunately, became" good tone "in the business environment. Such statements remain in the conscience of those who make them," she said.