Today, the Privolzhsky District Court of Kazan has chosen a preventive measure for the already convicted ex-head of Tatfondbank Robert Musin. The other day, he was charged with a new charge of abuse of office in a bank with grave consequences (part 2 of article 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), several sources of Realnoe Vremya report.
According to some reports, Musin is charged with abuse of 41.2 billion rubles, according to others, the amount of financial claims during the investigation decreased to 19 billion. The second criminal case of the VIP banker is mainly related to the withdrawal of collateral. Since all such transactions are supported by documents, the defendant admits the actual circumstances. He took the same position during the investigation in the first case, categorically denying only the motive – causing major damage and bringing the TFB to bankruptcy.
The court granted the petition of the investigation and chose the accused to be arrested until April 10.
The lawyer representing Musin’s interests in this case has not yet commented on the position of the defense.
Recall that next week, following the results of consideration of appeals, the sentence to the banker in the first case may come into force. In September 2021, the Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan punished him with 12 years in a penal colony, finding him guilty on six episodes of abuse of power with damages of 30 billion rubles. At the same time, for four episodes of abuse, the court ruled out causing serious consequences for the victims of the TSE and the Bank of Russia.
The arrest initiated by the employees of the Investigative Committee will not allow sending the convict to the colony even after the sentence comes into force. He will remain in the pre-trial detention center for the period of the necessary investigative actions.
