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Investigation of criminal case against former employee of Srednerussky bank Sberbank of Russia finished

The Central Federal District Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee has finished investigating a criminal case against former employee Srednerussky bank of OAO Sberbank of Russia (OJSC) Maria Zemtsova charged with a crime under part 5 of article 33, part 3 of article 30, paragraph “a” of part 4 of article 204 of the RF Criminal Code (complicity in attempted receiving of commercial bribe by persons discharging managerial functions and by a group of persons on a preliminary conspiracy for actions in the interests of the bribe-giver).

During the probe investigators have found that Zentsova assisted two top managers of OAO Sberbank of Russia and Srednerussky bank of Sberbank of Russia when they attempted to get a bribe of 100 million rubles. For the bribe they were to commit actions in the interests of a businessman, connected with taking a decision by the Committee on problem assets of Sberbank of Russia on giving up the rights to demand loans from three commercial organizations worth more than 700 million rubles to the firm controlled by the businessman for 350 million rubles. The illegal actions directed on receiving the bribe were not finished as were stopped in August 2012 by officers of the Federal Security Service and with active participation of Sberbank of Russia.

Investigators have gathered enough evidence, therefore, the criminal case against Zemtsova, who concluded a pre-trial cooperation agreement, with the approved indictment has been forwarded to the court to be tried on the merits.

Investigation of a criminal case against two top managers of OAO Sberbank of Russia and Srednerussky bank of Sberbank of Russia and another accomplice is at the final stage.