Indictment on charges of embezzlement on a large scale (para. 4 Art. 159 of the Criminal Code) and concealment of funds rejected by the Deputy Public Prosecutor of Moscow supervising legal compliance at special restricted access sites

Deputy Public Prosecutor of Moscow supervising legal compliance at special restricted access sites returned an indictment on charges of embezzlement on a large scale (para. 4 Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and concealment of funds earmarked for payment of taxes, fees, and insurance contributions (Art. 199.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) to the head of the investigative unit at the Central Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in Moscow for eliminating the identified deficiencies and drafting a new version of the indictment. Further investigation, as requested by the attorneys D.O. Belov and A.A. Novokhatsky after reviewing the criminal case files pursuant to Art. 217 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, allowed the defense to have the case files supplemented with additional evidence.

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Dmitry O. Belov Array belov@zpartners.ru

Alexander A. Novokhatsky Array novokhatskiy@zpartners.ru

Events

June 2018

The criminal prosecution of the client with the termination of the criminal case initiated on the fact of evasion from fulfilling the obligation to repatriate money in foreign currency or the currency of the Russian Federation was terminated (clause "a" part 2 article 193 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Lawyer Bureau Belov D.O. in cooperation with his colleagues, succeeded in stopping the criminal prosecution of his client - a large regional entrepreneur, a manufacturer suspected of evading the obligation to repatriate money in the amount of more than three million US dollars.

April 2018

The defendant in the criminal case on the illegal sale of narcotic drugs (part 3, article 30, part 4, paragraph "g", st.228.1 of the Criminal Code) changed the measure of restraint in the form of detention for house arrest. Relatives of a client suspected of illicit drug sales turned to the Bureau for legal assistance immediately after his actual detention.

May 2017

Criminal case of crimes under Part 4 of Art. 160, part 1 of Art. 201 of the Criminal Code, returned to the prosecutor to remove obstacles to its consideration by the court. Since the initiation of the criminal case in 2015, the client's defense was carried out by the lawyer Novokhatsky AA.

December 2017

Ostankino District Court of Moscow returned to the prosecutor a criminal case of embezzlement committed by an organized group in a particularly large amount (Part 4, Article 160 of the Criminal Code), to remove obstacles to its consideration by the court. During the preliminary hearing, the team of lawyers working on the case managed to prove the inconsistency of the text of the indictment, which was earlier charged.

May 2018

Ostankino District Court of Moscow sent a criminal case on the theft committed by an organized group on an especially large scale (part 4, article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). During the preliminary hearing, the team of lawyers working on the case managed to prove the violations committed by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation in determining the jurisdiction, in connection with which, the criminal case was sent to the Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow for consideration on the merits.

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