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Four accused of embezzlement Rosselkhozbank money to stand trial in Smolensk Region

The Central Federal District Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee has finished investigating a criminal case against former director of Smolensk regional branch of OAO Rosselkhozbank (OJSC) Timur Kucher, former head of loans and investment department at the same bank Tatyana Pashkina, Viktor Yushkov and Lyubov Pavlyuchenkova. Depending on the role of each one they are charged with crimes under part 4 of article 160 of the RF Penal Code (embezzlement) and part 5 of article 33, part 4 of article 160 (complicity in embezzlement).

According to investigators Kucher through complicity of Pashkina, Yushkov and Pavlyuchenkova illegally issued to two sham commercial organizations – OOO ANT (LLC) and OOO Kapitalavto – two loans of 186 and 187 million rubles respectively. As a result of the actions Rosselkhozbank suffered damage over 400 million rubles.

Investigators have gathered enough evidence and the criminal case with the approved indictment has been forwarded to the court to be tried on the merits.