Friday, April 22, 2016

Girlfriend Evgenia Vasilyeva was sentenced to four years probation – RBC

The Director General of the commercial organization” Center for legal support “expert” Catherine Smetana

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The court sentenced the accused in the case “Oboronservis” Catherine Smetana to four years probation, convicted of fraud and commercial bribery

Presnensky Moscow court on Wednesday sentenced a girlfriend of the supernumerary “case” Oboronservis “Catherine Smetana to four years’ imprisonment and a fine of 6.5 million rubles. This RBC spokeswoman Nina Jurkova court.

The court found Smetana guilty of fraud in large-scale and commercial bribery. Also, she was appointed a probationary period of five years, during which it must report to the specialized agencies.

The case was considered on Wednesday, April 20, in a special manner.

Former girlfriend

Smetana was first detained in the “case” Oboronservis “in October 2012. A month after her arrest, she made a deal with the investigation and gave a confession, after which was delayed Evgenia Vasilyeva -. Last head of the Department of Property Ministry of Defense Relations

The former official in a court decision immediately was on house arrest at his posh apartment in Dairy Lane capital. Smetana also changed the measure of restraint on his own recognizance only in February 2013.

In the trial of Vasileva Smetana acted as a key witness. She said that in April 2011, she came to Moscow from St. Petersburg at the invitation of his girlfriend Vasilyeva. Before that, she worked as a lawyer in various companies.

According to her, introduced her personally Vasilyeva Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov and requested to create and lead a company that would be engaged in support of real estate transactions. Since the company was founded “Center for Legal podderzhiki” Expert “Smetana told. She claimed that her salary if the company was 300 thousand. Rub. per month, and all the income (agency fee in the amount of 5% of the amount of transactions) accumulated in the accounts of the company.

When it has accumulated an impressive amount, Vasilyeva, according to Smetana, he commissioned her to create another group. The new firm was to have itself to become one of the buyers of the Ministry of Defense facilities. Thus was established a second company – LLC “VitaProdzhekt” says Smetana

According to the indictment, the firm acted buyer two buildings at a lower cost -. On Arbat Street and Grand Serpukhov street, as well as about 70% of the shares “31 GPISS “. In consequence, these objects have been returned to the state.

Judge Tatyana Vasyuchenko, bringing the verdict in May 2015, considered part of the unproven accusations regarding undervaluation of real estate valuation. Of the 12 episodes of fraud it is recognized Vasilyev guilty only eight. Nearly all of them concerned the illegal reception of agency fees by LAC «Expert»

Presnensky court in May sentenced Vasilyev to five years in prison, the other four defendants were sentenced to various terms of punishment:. Three and a half to four years and three months’ imprisonment. But custody Vasiliev spent only three and a half months – in August, she was released on parole: the court counted in life sentence while the accused was under house arrest.

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