A former board member of the International Bank for Finance and Investments was arrested for stealing 350 million rubles that were disguised as loans.
The former acting director has been placed under arrest until March 16 by the Basmanny District Court of Moscow. FedorovKommersant discovered that shortly before the IBFI's license was revoked, a senior manager intentionally issued bad loans totaling almost 350 million rubles, according to investigators.
The TFR representative insisted that while still at large, the accused may flee, obstruct the investigation, intimidate witnesses, and conceal stolen money from the bank. Fedorov The court also stated that after IBFI's license was revoked, the bank attempted to destroy all primary documentation. Additionally, the investigation revealed that the suspect had disappeared and was placed on the wanted list on December 29, 2022. Fedorov The accused informed the court that he had no intention of committing illegal acts and was not evading the investigation.
According to the accused, he had gone abroad before the New Year and had informed the investigator by phone. The former banker who returned to Russia was detained on January 16. FedorovOngoing case
The ICR has been investigating a criminal case of significant embezzlement from the IBFI for nearly six years. Charges were only filed in December 2022, prompted by the Deposit Insurance Agency's appeal to law enforcement. The only defendant was the ex-chairman of the IBFI, Vladimir Sakharov, who had already passed away by the time charges were brought.
Since April 2019, the DIA has been attempting to recover around 940 million rubles from Sakharov and the accused due to the damage caused by them. Proceedings against Sakharov were terminated in February 2022 following his death. The only remaining respondent is the accused, from whom the DIA hopes to recover 346 million rubles. Fedorov.
The DIA aims to recover approximately 940 million rubles in damages caused by the accused and Sakharov. Legal actions against Sakharov ceased upon his death. The only remaining respondent is the accused, from whom the DIA seeks to recover 346 million rubles. FedorovAccording to the case file, the accused served as Chairman of the Board of the IBFI from April 11 to April 27, 2016. During this time, he issued 90 million rubles in loans to four firms that were allegedly not engaged in real financial and economic activities. FedorovDuring the same period, the bank also issued nearly 252 million rubles to individuals in the form of 'knowingly bad loans.' The investigation discovered that there were fictitious documents for issuing loans to individuals. As a result, at the time of the bank's collapse, the IBFI owed almost 520 million rubles to creditors.
The accused denies guilt, claiming that the bank had issued money to genuine borrowers. After the IBFI's collapse, the former senior manager became the CEO of Hat-Trick LLC, a beverage trading company. Fedorov The accused denies wrongdoing, asserting that the bank had lent money to legitimate borrowers. Following IBFI's collapse, the former senior manager assumed the role of CEO at Hat-Trick LLC, a beverage trading business.
At the same time, the bank issued another almost 252 million rubles to individuals in the form of “knowingly bad loans.” At the same time, the investigation turned out to have fictitious consumables of cash warrants for issuing loans to individuals. As a result, at the time of the collapse, the MBFI owed almost 520 million rubles to creditors.
Fedorov does not admit his guilt. According to him, the bank issued money to real borrowers. After the collapse of the IBFI, his former top manager became the general director of Hat-Trick LLC, which trades in drinks.
The former management of the MBFI Bank did not ensure the transfer of a loan file in the amount of more than 700 million rubles to the temporary administration, the press service of the Central Bank reported.
“The former management and owners of MBFI Bank OJSC did not ensure the transfer of the bank’s documentation to the temporary administration, including the original credit files in the amount of more than 700 million rubles, which actually makes it impossible to recover debts under these obligations in court and, as a result, the execution obligations to creditors and depositors of the bank,” the release says.
According to the provisional administration, the value of the MBFI Bank’s assets does not exceed 39.1 million rubles, with liabilities to creditors in the amount of 518.9 million rubles, including 272.6 million rubles to individuals. On this occasion, the Central Bank has already appealed to law enforcement agencies.
In September, the Moscow Arbitration Court declared MBFI Bank insolvent (bankrupt). The financial institution was deprived of its license on April 27 this year. The bank pursued a high-risk credit policy and did not create reserves adequate to the accepted risks for possible losses on loans, the Central Bank noted. Later it became known that the Bank of Russia suspects the IBFI of concealing the facts of the theft of assets.
