Tuesday, June 28, 2016

The court arrested the head of the Russian Authors’ Society – RBC

The Director General of the Russian Authors’ society Sergey Fedotov in the Tagansky district court, June 28, 2016

Photo: Dmitry Serebryakov / TASS

Tagansky court in Moscow sent under arrest head of the Russian author Sergey Fedotov society. On a measure of restraint urged investigators. Lawyer Fedotov asked for bail of 5 million rubles.

In Tagansky Court in Moscow on June 28 held a meeting, which was elected as a preventive measure for the general director of the Russian Authors’ Society (RAO) Sergei Fedotov, RBC from the audience correspondent court. Orlova judge granted the request and sent the investigation Fedotova under arrest until August 17th. Head of RAO suspected of committing a crime under part 4 of article 159 of the Russian Criminal Code – fraud in large scale. The maximum penalty for this article -. Ten years in prison

The investigator Yerofeyev, justifying the need to arrest indicates that Fedotov can escape out of the country because he has investors has a visa and property in the UK. Also representative of the TFR said that the head of RAO may put pressure on the witnesses, with whom he is acquainted. Names of witnesses Yerofeyev not called. Day 28 June RNS agency reported that one of the witnesses may be Maxim Budanov, former head of the Service-operating company, which, according to the Interior Ministry, appears in the fraudulent scheme.

Fedotov himself before a meeting He told reporters that does not recognize his guilt. During the hearing, the head of RAO said he was willing to cooperate with the investigation. Lawyer Denis Fedotov Baluev insisted on house arrest or release the defendant on bail of 5 million rubles. The lawyer asked not to arrest the head of RAO for medical reasons: according to the lawyer, his client has “a number of chronic diseases, including hypertension and diabetes.” In addition, the lawyer stressed that Fedotov’s passport at the moment “confiscated” so it is “unable to escape, despite the presence of his investor visa.” Baluev also noted that at the moment in the absence of corpus delicti materials.

About RBC detention Fedotov told the morning of June 28th. As the head of RAO lawyer Denis ball, Fedotov arrested at 4 am after the interrogation, which took place in the Department of Internal Affairs of the Central Administrative District (CAO) of the capital and lasted all night. The criminal case on the fact of illegal alienation of property owned by RAO, the property of third parties, law enforcement authorities filed June 17. As explained to the official representative of the Interior Ministry, Irina Volk, operatives of the Main Directorate of economic security and anti-corruption (GUEBiPK) Russian Interior Ministry in cooperation with the staff of the FSB of Russia have revealed fraudulent scheme, which could cause RAO damage amounting to more than 500 million rubles.

On the eve of Fedotov detention RAO office in the country and at home were searched Fedotov, wrote RBC. Law enforcement officers seized objects and documents, that should help the investigation to establish scheme participants and additional episodes of illegal activities, specified in the Interior Ministry. Who are the suspects in a criminal case, Wolf did not specify.

GUEBiPK 2015 start checking RAO “for embezzlement of royalties through the acquisition and subsequent output through front companies of real estate.” Interior Ministry officials then become interested in the transactions carried out through subsidiaries of the organization. In 2007-2011, RAO has acquired four properties with a total area of ​​more than 2 thousand sq. M. m, after which they have been submitted to the authorized capital of JSC “Service-operating company” (JSC “SEC”), which in 2012 established the waste itself. In the next two years the premises were transferred to the balance of other companies, some of which were subsequently liquidated. Possible damage caused by these operations, in materials, RBC, estimated at more than 500 million rubles.

CEA Establishment was approved by the Board of RAO copyright, which includes representatives of more than 20, explained in August 2015, the representative of radioactive waste. Creating a new legal entity was necessary for the management of real estate and commercial activities. According Balueva, consequently believes that the copyright board members were misled about the goals of the SEC. He said that “absolutely legitimate action” to establish a subsidiary – SEC – and further transfer it houses currently qualifies as theft. Creating SEC was necessary because the waste can not deal with the legal aspects of commercial activity (a non-profit organization), explained Baluev.

 

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