The head of the port of Ust-Luga was arrested in connection with the theft of one and a half billion rubles

The Dzerzhinsky Court of St. Petersburg arrested the chairman of the board of directors of the Ust-Luga company, Valery Izraylit, on suspicion of embezzlement of one and a half billion rubles. This was reported by Fontanka without specifying the source of information.

later Interfax confirmed that Izraylit had been arrested for 25 days.

According to the publication, Izraylit is suspected of withdrawing money "allocated for the port" to offshore companies. The case was initiated under the article "fraud" (159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Fontanka reports that Izraylit was detained on December 28. Izraylit's lawyer Alexander Pochuev said that the FSB officers came to the Ust-Luga office with a search, but did not confirm the information about the detention of the businessman, saying that a criminal case had been opened "against third parties."

• The company "Ust-Luga" manages the commercial sea port of the same name in the Leningrad region. The port was mentioned in connection with criminal cases; in particular, after a shipment of expensive alcohol was found in the port under the guise of building sealant, a case was opened against businessman Dmitry Mikhalchenko and a number of other businessmen.