They came to RAO with a search

Today, June 27, law enforcement officers conduct searches in the building of the Russian Copyright Society (RAO) in the center of Moscow, as well as among the head of the RAO Sergey Fedotov.

This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies. He said that on the morning of June 27, law enforcement officials arrived in the RAO building, located on Bolshaya Bronnaya Street, 6a, for conducting operational-search measures.

Now the entrance to the building is closed, neither visitors nor employees of the company are allowed inside. According to eyewitnesses, law enforcement officers are located inside the building, a RAO guard sits at a blocked entrance.

According to Rambler News Service , law enforcement officers are also searched in the house of the head of the RAO Sergey Fedotov.

According to RBC , the Main Department of Economic Security resumed the audit that was conducted last year and was associated with the possible prediction of funds in the organization. Investigative actions can be carried out in relation to the entire top management of RAO.

The non -profit all -Russian public organization “Russian Army Society” was formed in 1993 for collective copyright management. In 2008, RAO received state -owned management of copyright management activities, in 2013 the accreditation was extended for 10 years.

According to information on the organization’s website , RAO unites more than 26 thousand Russian authors and more than 1 million foreign authors and their successors, in accordance with agreements on mutual representative office of interests on the basis of more than 150 agreements with foreign partners from 66 countries.

PS Interfax published a comment by the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk.

“The operatives of the Main Directorate of Economic Security and Combating Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, together with the employees of the FSB of Russia, revealed a fraudulent scheme of illegal alienation of third parties belonging to the All -Russian Public Organization“ Russian Copyright Society ”. The damage caused, according to preliminary estimates, exceeds 500 million rubles, ”the wolf said.

She explained that a criminal case was opened under the revealed fact under the article “Fraud committed on an especially large scale”.

“Searches are being carried out at the workplace and residence of the suspects, items and documents that are relevant for the investigation of the criminal case are seized. Operational-search measures aimed at establishing participants in the scheme and additional episodes of their illegal activities are ongoing, ”said the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.