Sergei Vasiliev, co-owner of the Russian Funds investment group, was detained on June 22 as a suspect in the case of the former head of the investment company AFK Sistema Evgeniy Novitsky. writes about this “Kommersant” With reference to sources.
According to the newspaper, law enforcement officials suspect Vasiliev of involvement in particularly large-scale fraud (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) during the transaction for the sale of the non-state pension fund “First National”. Pension”, from where, according to the investigation, 3 billion rubles were stolen in 2016. The total damage in the case is estimated at 8.8 billion rubles.
On June 23, it was reported that she was with Vasiliev. detained and Russian Funds manager Konstantin Beirit, who is also a suspect in the Novitsky case.
June 22 Moscow Tverskoy District Court sent Novitsky was kept under house arrest until August 20. The investigation believes that Novitsky, together with his accomplices, developed a criminal plan to steal funds from the NPF Ural FD joint stock company.
Previously reportedTaicher, the former co-owner of Transfin-M companies, is suspected of the theft of 710 million rubles.