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Former chief accountant of ZAO Firma Neva detained in Saint-Petersburg in fraud case

Saint-Petersburg Main Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee continues investigating a criminal case in fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the RF Penal Code) of employees of ZAO Firma Neva.

By now investigators have detained 42-year-old Olga Shestova, who is suspected of having been involved in frauds in 2014 together with unidentified managers of ZAO Firma Neva by stealing money from the clients of the travel agency. Over 6 thousand people were damaged, and the damage caused by the employees of the travel agency stands at over 450 million rubles.

It was reported earlier that CEO of Firma Neva Maxim Pirogov had been detained as well. The charges have been pressed and now the court is deciding whether to arrest him or not.

The investigation is ongoing. During the probe the investigators are going to identify all the suspects of fraud that deprived people of holidays.