EX-MANAGERS OF "LESBANK" WERE ATTRACTED TO THE SUBSIDY FOR 1.34 BILLION

The former heads of the credit institution, declared insolvent at the end of 2015, failed to challenge the court's decision to bring them to subsidiary liability for a large sum of money. The cassation, which took place at the end of 2022, confirmed the verdict of the lower instances. The Supreme Court also did not consider the complaint that the former heads of Lesbank tried to file.

As reported on Fedresource, the former owner of the bank Stanislav Grigoriev (his share was 98.9%), chairman of the board of the organization Sergey Nikitin and ex-head of the lending department Egor Kamardin were brought to subsidiary responsibility. All of them will have to fork out 1.34 billion rubles.

Recall that the state corporation DIA, acting in the case (No. A40-203245/2015) as the bankruptcy trustee of the bank, applied for a subsidy of former top managers back in 2018. In a statement, the deposit insurance agency indicated an amount of more than 1.5 billion rubles.

Attention was drawn to the gratuitous transfer of securities in favor of a commercial organization ("Tandem Center"), the withdrawal of money through the bank's cash desks under the guise of credit relations. Nikolay Mamiof and Irina Skorobogatova, who were members of the bank's management board, were included in the group of persons who controlled the bank's activities before bankruptcy (CDL).

Later, the DIA clarified its requirements, asking to temporarily suspend production in the part that concerns the size of the responsibility of the CDL. The state Corporation rightly considered that the amount should be determined after the settlements with the creditors of Lesbank are finally completed.

The former heads of the bank were suspected of criminal acts, which were investigated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor General's Office, to which the DIA sent relevant statements. One of the cases was initiated against Grigoriev, who was accused of attempting to steal 50 million rubles from the bank directly on the day when the bank lost its license. According to investigators, Elena Matveeva and Nikolai Mamiof helped him in this.

By the way, the liability of the latter in the amount of 55.5 million from the total amount of the subsidy was subsequently excluded. The arbitration courts also did not hold Irina Skorobogatova accountable.

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