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07/09/2010, 11:55:58

The former owner of Bank EEFC caught in the theft of 2 billion rubles

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The investigation into the bank EEFC

07/09/2010

Former owner EEFC caught in the theft of 2 billion

Investigation Department of the UPC Russia in St. Petersburg decided to bring the former owner of Bank EEFC (East-European Finance Corporation), Alexander Gitelsona as a defendant in the case of theft from the budget of the Leningrad region of nearly 2 billion rubles. According to Kommersant, the prosecution under Article 159 of the Criminal Code ("Fraud") Gitelsonu has not been presented because it is on medical leave.

According to investigators, the theft of the budget has been implemented as a result of collusion with the head Gitelsona owned EEFC "Inkasbank" Tatyana Lebedeva. In particular, at his request, Lebedev transferred to the account EEFC 2,5 billion rubles, including 1.8 billion were placed in the "Inkasbank" Government of Leningrad region.

Money Gitelson got from Inkasbank ", intended to compensate for the same amount that he previously withdrew from the EEFC accounts. Meanwhile, Lebedeva owner of the bank promised to compensate the transfer of funds allegedly transferred to him from the Serbian bank in Banja Luka. "

In 2009, "Inkasbank" was denied the right to manage the funds of the Government of Leningrad region, but by the time Gitelson and not returned to the bank transferred him Lebedeva 2,5 billion rubles. As a result, the region suffered damage amounting to 1,8 billion rubles.

As a result of failure to return the budget money scandal broke, because of which the resignation was sent to the vice-governor of Leningrad region and the Finance Committee chairman, Alexander Yakovlev and his deputy Vitaly Rudin have signed a contract with Inkasbank. In April 2009, in this case was charged in absentia prosecution Tatyana Lebedeva, announced an international search. However, Lebedeva and her lawyer decided to cooperate with the investigation. The banker gave a confession to denounce the other participants machinations including Gitelsona.

Chief Investigator to investigate critical cases the investigations department of the UPC Russia in St. Petersburg, Vladimir Romitsyn said that during three years of the investigation department are not faced with such a major theft from the budget."Embezzlement of funds from the bank was covered by attracting major new clients", - told Romitsyn, comparing this scheme with the financial pyramid.

In March 2009, after the discovery of the theft of nearly a billion rubles from the Yekaterinburg Bank EEFC-Ural "Searches were conducted at the headquarters of the holding EEFC in St. Petersburg. As a result, have found new suspicious transaction. The holding company, including Gitelson, was arrested on charges of embezzling 890 million rubles (this case is not officially connected with the case Yekaterinburg - editorial.).

In October 2009, in addition to Article 160 of the Criminal Code (embezzlement), on which Gitelsona accused initially, he was charged with another charge of fraud amounting to 500 million rubles. In April 2010 Gitelson was released on bail.