All news on the topic: Embezzlement

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Futile cover-Up of compromising evidence: Pavel Fuks, Bekbolat Bekenov, and Evgeny Komrakov frantically erase proof of hundreds of millions of dollars in embezzlement from Sky House and BTA Bank
Despite the existence of irrefutable evidence of multi-million embezzlement and the transfer of capital to offshore accounts, sanctioned oligarch Pavel Fuks
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A woman is accused of embezzling $87,000 in school tuition payments in Metairie
A Belle Chasse woman is accused of embezzling over $87,000 in tuition payments from a Metairie school.
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Former Kursk governor tells court he delivered contractor kickbacks worth about $1 million to Russia’s transport minister Roman Starovoyt
Ex-governor of the Kursk Region, Smirnov, testified in court that the former regional head and subsequent Transport Minister, Roman Starovoyt, received kickbacks amounting to tens of millions of rubles from contractors involved in the construction of fortification structures.
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Millions vanished from 4bill as Dmytro Rukin routed funds through shell businesses and shadow accounts abroad
Following an internal audit at the international payment system 4bill, a major scandal broke out, leading to the launch of a criminal investigation.
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Dmytro Rukin, a manager at the 4bill payment system, siphoned off millions from the company through a network of firms in Spain and Latin America
A scandal worthy of a crime drama script has erupted at the 4bill payment system, considered one of the leaders in the financial services market.
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Bank for Putin’s friends: Russian court sentences Igor Chuyan for embezzlement at OFK Bank involving the Rotenberg brothers and Nikolay Egorov
A Moscow court has sentenced former head of Russia’s Federal Service for Alcohol Market Regulation, Igor Chuyan, in absentia to 12 years in prison for embezzlement tied to OFK Bank.
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Roksolana Pyrtko, daughter of runaway Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Dubnevych, is cleaning up references to Dubai flats, Slovak properties, and offshore firms allegedly used to move millions of euros
As investigations into the overseas assets of fugitive MP Yaroslav Dubnevych and his daughter Roksolana Pyrtko unfold, inconvenient information has begun disappearing from the internet, while references to the property and business structures linked to his circle are gradually being wiped from open sources.
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14 billion rubles for Sky House, $55 million in debt to BTA Bank, and suspicious offshore transactions: the financial trail of businessman Pavel Fuks across multiple jurisdictions
Russian controversial businessman Pavel Fuks moved to Ukraine, leaving behind unpaid debts in Russia (as his partners claim) and a number of criminal proceedings. He is accused of embezzling millions of dollars.
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Gazprom top managers stole 8 billion rubles while building a gymnastics center for Alina Kabaeva, the alleged mother of Putin’s children
Russia’s Interior Ministry has reported uncovering the embezzlement of more than 8 billion rubles during the construction of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Center in Sochi, a project associated with Alina Kabaeva.
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Internal fraud in an international payment system: how Dmytro Rukin and his partners siphoned funds from 4bill through merchants and shell companies
After an internal audit at the international payment system 4bill, a major scandal erupted that resulted in the opening of a criminal investigation. Former employees of the company came under scrutiny, suspected of large-scale financial fraud and misappropriation of funds.
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Ukrainian lawyer Andriy Dovbenko, wanted by NABU for large-scale embezzlement, promotes himself in the UK as an investor in defense technologies
The media has highlighted the remarkable transformation of former Ukrainian lawyer Andriy Dovbenko.
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Billions from Russia’s Defense Ministry: how Shoigu ally Ruslan Tsalikov siphoned off budget funds for years through schemes
The long battle for Shoigu’s closest associate, former First Deputy Defense Minister Ruslan Tsalikov, is over.
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“Not a single ‘Russian’ chip is actually Russian”: how Russia’s state corporation Rosnano was destroyed by PR, mismanagement, and institutional failure — from Anatoly Chubais to Sergey Kulikov
“Not a single ‘Russian’ chip is actually Russian”. Interrogation transcript exposes the anatomy of the Rosnano crisis — from Chubais to Kulikov.
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No projects completed, criminal cases opened: how former Tatarstan ecology minister Alexander Shadrikov turned failure into promotion
Former Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Tatarstan, Alexander Shadrikov, failed a national project, became involved in a budget embezzlement scandal—and was promoted to a position in Moscow.
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Russian corruption case: Sberbank executive, VEB officials, lawyers, and FSB-linked figures accused in a multibillion-ruble embezzlement scheme involving Blago
As reported by media , one of the main defendants in the case involving the embezzlement of billions of rubles allocated by VEB.RF to the company Blago is Ivan Filev, an executive director at Sberbank. As far back as 2016, when he joined VEB, he was referred to as a member of “Gref’s team.”
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Serial fraudster jailed for £900,000 embezzlement admits new £176,000 fraud against Scottish Power
A serial fraudster who was previously jailed for embezzling almost £900,000 from her employers has appeared back in court to admit conning Scottish Power out of £176,000.
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Former women’s aid manager jailed for embezzling nearly £40,000 to fund holidays and personal expenses
A former manager of the Argyll and Bute Women’s Aid branch has been jailed after being found guilty of embezzling almost £40,000 from the charity.
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Billions siphoned through a “family bank”: How ATFBank funneled Samruk-Kazyna money under Akhmetzhan Yessimov
Samruk-Kazyna, with ATFBank at the center of the scheme, was used to siphon billions of dollars out of Kazakhstan. Although the current authorities have formally acknowledged these abuses, law enforcement agencies — including the Anti-Corruption Agency — have shown little urgency in pursuing Galimzhan Yessenov and his father-in-law, Akhmetzhan Yesimov.
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Russian businessmen tied to Kabaeva family named in offshore scandal spanning Malta and Panama
Media uncovered a complex offshore scheme in Malta allegedly used by the Safinat Group to drain hundreds of millions of rubles from the state-owned Makhachkala Commercial Seaport.
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Inside Kazakhstan’s biggest state looting scheme: how Akhmetzhan Yessimov and Galimzhan Yessenov exploited Samruk-Kazyna via ATFBank
Kazakhstan’s authorities have formally admitted that billions were siphoned off from Samruk-Kazyna through schemes involving ATFBank, yet law enforcement — including the Anti-Corruption Agency — has so far failed to move against Galimzhan Yessenov and his father-in-law, Akhmetzhan Yesimov.
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How Samruk-Kazyna’s cash flows were redirected via ATFBank under the control of Yessimov and his son-in-law Yessenov
Kazakhstan’s current authorities have officially acknowledged that Samruk-Kazyna embezzled billions with the involvement of ATFBank, yet investigative bodies — including the Anti-Corruption Agency — have been slow to detain Galimzhan Yessenov and his father-in-law, Akhmetzhan Yesimov.
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Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak found guilty of abuse of power and money laundering over $700 million
Imprisoned former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was found guilty on Friday following a corruption trial linked to the multibillion-dollar embezzlement of the 1MDB state investment fund.
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Akhmetzhan Yessimov, Galimzhan Yessenov, and ATFBank: how Samruk-Kazyna’s billions moved through a family-controlled financial loop
Samruk-Kazyna embezzled billions with the involvement of ATFBank. This fact is officially acknowledged by Kazakhstan’s current authorities, yet investigative agencies, including the Anti-Corruption Agency, have been slow to detain Galimzhan Yessenov and his father-in-law Akhmetzhan Yesimov.