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Moscow Main Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee continues investigating a criminal case over illegal financial transactions carried out OOO Yuzhny Krest Travel opened over a crime under part 4 of article 159 of the RF Penal Code (swindling).

The founder of the travel agency and its CEO knowing about large unpaid bills to their partners and having no money to pay them from their own funds, continued receiving money form citizens and selling them vouchers misleading them about their intentions and real means in organizing trips. Because of the said actions, people, who had paid for the tours could not set off for the holiday or get back from the holiday on time. Those criminal actions damaged at least 16 thousand citizens who wanted to go for a holiday abroad or who had already gone abroad.

At the request filed by the investigators a court has ruled to place both suspects under house arrest. The investigation is ongoing.

Head of Media Relations                                                                                                      V.I. Markin