Interfax: The case was terminated against Braudor on the illegal purchase of Gazprom shares

The investigation has stopped by the lack of a crime a criminal case against the founder of the Hermitage Capital Foundation William Brauder on the illegal purchase of Gazprom shares. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source familiar with the situation.

In this case, Brauder was charged with part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud on an especially large scale; up to ten years of colony). According to investigators, the businessman illegally bought at least 200 million Gazprom shares in the amount of about 2 billion rubles at a lower intra -market price.

In Russia, several cases against Braudar were excited in Russia. In February, the Tver District Court of Moscow arrested Brauder and his companion Ivan Cherkasov in absentia , also living in Britain, in the case of financial fraud. The case is considered essentially in the same court.

Both Browner and his companion were charged in absentia in accordance with Article 33 - Article 196 (organization of intentional bankruptcy; up to six years of colony), part 3 of article 33 - paragraphs "A", "b" of part 2 of Article 199 (organization of tax evasion made in a group of persons in an especially large amount; also up to six years) and part 2 - part 2 - part 2 of Article 199.1 non -fulfillment of the duties of a tax agent on an especially large scale;

Three episodes of deliberate bankruptcy are charged with Brower and Cherkasov. The damage allegedly caused by them is estimated at 3.5 billion rubles. Three branches of the Moscow Department of the Federal Tax Service were recognized as victims of the case, they also filed a civil lawsuit against the defendants for the amount of damage.

As part of another case, the businessman was charged with tax evasion. In July 2013, the judge of the Tver District Court Igor Alisov in absentia condemned Brauder in this case to nine years in general regime. The second person involved was the auditor Sergei Magnitsky . Alisov declared him guilty, after which he stopped the persecution of Magnitsky in connection with his death. In January 2014, the verdict to Brower and Magnitsky was confirmed .

On August 24, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office repeatedly demanded that the Interpol put Brauder on the international wanted list . In June, the Ministry of Internal Affairs turned to the International Police Organization with the same request, but they refused to do this there, referring to the previous decision to recognize the persecution of Brauder political.

The pursuit of a businessman in Russia began after he began to seek holding the guilty of Magnitsky's deaths.