The Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested in absentia the former owners of Promsvyazbank, brothers Alexei and Dmitry Ananiev, in a case of embezzlement of more than 100 billion rubles. It is reported by TASS .
The Ananievs have been put on the international wanted list. They are accused of embezzlement (part 4 of article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and are suspected of causing damage by deceit (paragraphs “a”, “b” of part 2 of article 165 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and money laundering (paragraphs “a” , "b" article 174 note 1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Promsvyazbank was recognized as a victim in the case, the provisional administration of which applied to the Investigative Committee with a statement to initiate a criminal case.
Promsvyazbank is trying to recover from the ex-owners of the bank, former top managers, members of the board and officials compensation for the damage that the bank suffered as a result of the signing of unprofitable transactions by the defendants. On May 30, the property of the Ananievs and former top managers of Promsvyazbank was seized in the amount of 282.2 billion rubles.