The Northwestern Federal District Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee has finished investigating a criminal case against members of an organized criminal group who committed multiple thefts from citizens’ bank accounts in OAO Sberbank of Russia. The accused are employees of private companies Alexander Gorbachev, Oleg Shved, Alexander Komarov, David Pogosyan, Alexander Yezersky, unemployed Mikhail Semenenko and former employee of Sberbank of Russia Alexey Lapin.
They are charged with 14 counts of a crime under part 4 of article 159 of the RF Penal Code (fraud committed by an organized group), 17 counts of a crime under part 3 of article 183 (illegal receipt and disclosure of a bank secret of mercenary interest) and 4 counts of a crime under part 2 of article 327 (forgery of documents to facilitate another crime).
According to investigators, the organized criminal group of over 10 people acted in Saint-Petersburg and other subjects of the Russian Federation since 2011. They had illegal access to the bank accounts of clients and through Internet and mobile phones transferred the money from them to the accounts of their firms and physical persons and then cashed in banks and ATMs. The group’s actions caused damage of over 400 million rubles. The investigators revealed 35 counts of illegal activity. 11 persons are under prosecution, 3 of whom are wanted.
The investigators have gathered enough evidence, therefore the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation has approved the indictment and in the near future the case will be sent to court to be tried on the merits.
Earlier Mikhail Turkin, the deputy CEO of a commercial company, had concluded a pretrial cooperation deal and was sentenced to 3 years in prison.
Head of Media Relations V.I. Markin
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