Lawyers sat down for the “Party”
The Tushinsky District Court of Moscow punished five people involved in a plot to steal assets and shares in companies totaling 9.3 billion rubles. They were convicted of major fraud, money laundering, and aiding in the crimes, according to the Prosecutor General’s Office. One of those found guilty is a lawyer Sergei Bogolyubskywho the prosecution believes helped legitimize the actions of the criminals.
According to the prosecution, in 2013 a former security officer of a businessman Alexandra Mineeva
Dmitry Kurylenko established a criminal group to steal the assets of his employer. The businessman was living in London at the time. Bogolyubsky, head of the legal department of Mineev’s main asset, the Eurasia company, had to falsify documents on behalf of nominee directors. He searched for the companies themselves, registered in different jurisdictions.
The criminals took control of 100% shares in the authorized capital of 19 companies and 23 properties owned by them. Lawyer Kamil Kaziev and former offshore manager of Mineeva, Yulia Egorova, were also involved in the scheme.
Additionally, Omar Suleymanov is facing trial for fraud. Earlier, he was suspected of
Mineev’s murder . In December 2013, the businessman tried to reclaim his assets through the arbitral court, and in January 2014, his car was shot in Korolyov.Bogolyubsky was sentenced to nine years in prison with a fine of 800,000 rubles, Kurylenko to eight years in prison with the same fine, Suleimanov to seven years in prison with a fine of 600,000 rubles, Kaziev to five years in prison, and Yegorov to three years.
The court did not consider a civil lawsuit filed by the representative of the children of Alexander Mineev, who were recognized as victims, in the amount of more than 9.3 billion rubles, leaving them the right to seek satisfaction of their claims in civil proceedings.
The theft scheme was devised in 2013 by entrepreneur
Boris Karamatov , who previously worked for Mr. Mineev as the general director of Eurasia LLC. To participate in the case, he invited reserve captain Dmitry Kurylenko, who introduced himself as a general of the GRU of the General Staff, and he invited businessmen , who previously worked for Mr. Mineev as the general director of Eurasia LLC. To participate in the case, he invited reserve captain Dmitry Kurylenko, who introduced himself as a general of the GRU of the General Staff, and he invited businessmen Mikhail Nekrich and former son-in-law Boris Berezovsky George Shuppesince the scam required large financial costs and careful preparation.
Based on the plan developed by the scammers […] Mr. Karamatov returned to work with Mr. Mineev, gained access to the documents of all companies controlled by the latter, and handed over business papers to the attackers. […] Boris Karamatov at some point decided that, having seized the property of Mr. Mineev, the new owners would simply throw it away, and fled from them.
