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In Moscow, former employee of Srednerussky bank of Sberbank of Russia convicted as complicit in attempted acceptance of commercial bribery

The Court has found the evidence collected by the Central Federal District Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee sufficient to convict the former employee Srednerussky bank of OAO Sberbank of Russia (OJSC) Maria Zemtsova. She is found guilty of committing 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).

Investigators and the Court have found that Zemtsova 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.

During the pre-trial investigation Zemtsova signed a cooperation agreement.

The Court sentenced Zemtsova to 3 years imprisonment with a fine of 25,000 rubles.

The 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.