The bankruptcy trustee ended up in a pre-trial detention center on suspicion of extortion

The bankruptcy trustee ended up in a pre-trial detention center on suspicion of extortion

The bankruptcy trustee ended up in a pre-trial detention center on suspicion of extortion
A few days ago, the economic police of St. Petersburg detained a 48-year-old citizen representing the Union of Bankruptcy Trustees in the city center.  It is reported that the man was caught red-handed, having received 4 million rubles from the head of the “RosProdTorg” company.

The suspect will spend the nearest future in a temporary detention center.  In the meantime, the law enforcement authorities opened a case of commercial bribery.

The investigation believes that having received the status of an interim manager in the bankrupt “RosProdTorg” company from the arbitration court, the man made a “tempting offer” to the company’s CEO to pay a large amount of money.  In exchange for this, the person involved in the crime promised that he would not report violations of financial reporting and identify signs of insolvency.
The interim manager, judging by the published data, could threaten the CEO by revealing signs of premeditation in the bankruptcy of the company.
If the corresponding statement was made officially, the CEOof the company would face Article 196 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.  But apparently, the head of “RosProdTorg” was not satisfied with such a scenario and applied to the law enforcement agencies.

Now investigators are trying to find out if the detainee was involved in similar crimes in other bankruptcy proceedings he participated in.  The personal data of a citizen, as well as the identity of the head of a bankrupt organization, are not disclosed for ethical reasons, but the data can be independently find by everyone on the website of the filing cabinet of arbitration cases (case No. A56-123508/2019).

18.04.2022