The Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation in Krasnodar Territory (IC RF) has received the claims of two Novorossiysk residents on misconduct of a 53-y.o. man, whose name is not revealed. Being at the position of an acting Director General of Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port in 2011, he created the appearance of a legal transaction in the form of a loan and received $1.5 mln for the prolongation of a contract on transshipment and freight forwarding of imported perishable goods between Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port OJSC and Chernomorski Aljans LLC incorporated by one of the claimants, press center of IC RF informs.
Later on, with the criminal prosecution against the above claimant and his consequent imprisonment, the recipient of a loan neither prolonged the contract nor returned the money received under the loan agreement.
The second major crimes department of IC RF initiated a criminal case against a 53-y.o. man for an offence under part 3 of article 204 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (illegal receipt of funds by a person performing administrative functions at a commercial organization for activities in the interests of the giver in view of the official position occupied by this person).
In order to seize the documents necessary for the investigation, a search was instituted on March 15, 2013 at the administrative building of Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port, at the suspect’s and his subordinates’ places of residence.
“The suspect himself is outside the Russian Federation and has no intentions to return,” the statement reads.
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