On the Canary Islands detained the main suspect in the Magnitsky case

On the Canary Islands, the main suspect in the case of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was detained, Europol said .

The press release is not called his name. It is indicated that this person was the leader of the money laundering a criminal group, whose activity was investigated by Sergey Magnitsky. Under his leadership, at least 219 million euros flowed from the Russian budget - this money was conducted through European bank accounts, and then sent to Spain to buy real estate.

The police found out that in the center of this scheme there are Russians who are in no way related to Spain. The stolen money was sent either to their banking accounts, or to the fake Spanish real estate agencies closely related to the Russian -speaking community. After that, they, supposedly on behalf of customers, purchased real estate.

75 objects of real estate related to them are confiscated in the amount of 25 million euros. The police continues the investigation.

Sergey Magnitsky is the auditor of the Hermitage Capital Foundation. In 2007, he stated that he revealed the theft scheme from the budget of Russia $ 230 million, disguised as a VAT return. According to him, officials and security officials were involved in this.

The prosecutor’s office of Russia suspected subsidiaries of the Hermitage Capital investment fund in tax evasion. Magnitsky was arrested and placed in the Sailor Sailor SIZO. There he was tortured and was deprived of medical care, which was due to which he died in November 2009 at the age of 37.

After his death in the USA and Canada, they adopted the “Magnitsky Law”, which imposed sanctions against people responsible for violating human rights and the principle of the rule of law in Russia.