THE FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT OF FINPROMBANK WAS ARRESTED IN ABSENTIA DUE TO LARGE EMBEZZLEMENT

THE FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT OF FINPROMBANK WAS ARRESTED IN ABSENTIA DUE TO LARGE EMBEZZLEMENT

THE FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT OF FINPROMBANK WAS ARRESTED IN ABSENTIA DUE TO LARGE EMBEZZLEMENT
Anatoly Kalinichenko was recently arrested in absentia by the Basmanny Court of the capital. Previously, the man worked as a vice president at the Financial and Industrial Bank (FPB). It is reported that in a credit institution, his duty was to attract customers. The term of the chosen preventive measure is two months.

A criminal case was opened after law enforcement officers discovered the theft of bank property worth 9 billion rubles. The investigation has been dealing with him for the seventh year, starting on November 22, 2017. It is known that on November 28, 2023, Kalinichenko was put on the international wanted list.

The top manager, whose location remains unknown, turned out to be the third head of the bankrupt Finprombank, who is accused of a serious crime (Article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Prior to that, two FSB beneficiaries Stanislav Perminov and Anatoly Goncharov were charged in absentia. The term of the preliminary investigation was extended until February 22, 2024.

The investigation believes that at the turn of 2015 and 2016, the financial institution where Kalinichenko worked executed several impossible transactions in advance. The contracts were a way of illegally withdrawing bank assets. According to Kommersant, initially it was about 5.6 billion rubles. The specific persons suspected of committing a crime were not specified for a long time, and the investigation itself intensified only in February 2023.

The bank, which was among the TOP 100 banks of the Russian Federation in terms of assets (94th place), lost its license back in September 2016. Soon after, the Moscow arbitration court declared the organization insolvent. The bankruptcy trustee, for whose role the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) was approved, discovered a monetary "hole" in the bank's budget for 30 billion rubles.

The only person who has actually been brought to criminal responsibility in the Finprombank case is currently Alexander Lavrentiev. One of his jobs was as deputy head of the bank's department responsible for credit policy.

The investigation has gathered evidence that he unreasonably issued deliberately non-refundable loans. He is accused of embezzling 866 million. Andrey Vdovin, co-founder of the Azbuka Vkusa network, was among the recipients of borrowed funds. The loan he received ($11 million) is called the largest among those that were issued with Lavrentiev's participation. The Petty-bourgeois Court of the capital is dealing with this criminal case.


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15.12.2023