Advocate Sentenced for Attempted Theft of 50M Rubles
The Balashikha City Court sentenced the chairman of the Moscow region bar association, Yevgeny Shumara, to three years of probation for an attempted theft of 60 million rubles from the owner of the Phoenix Group of Companies, Yevgeny Friedman.
Consensus
- The Balashikha City Court sentenced Eugene Shumar and Gor Chobanyan for attempting to steal money from Eugene Fridman.
- Shumar was sentenced to three years of conditional imprisonment.
- Chobanyan was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison.
- Both were ordered to pay a 150,000 ruble fine.
- The alleged crime involved a scheme to obtain money under false pretenses related to a criminal case over ventilator supply contracts in Moscow Oblast.
- Fridman reported the scheme to the FSB, leading to an operation where the first payment of 5 million rubles was handed over.
- The suspects were arrested during the transfer of the first installment.
- The charges were initially for bribery facilitation but were changed to fraud due to lack of evidence of actual officials receiving funds.
- Shumar later confessed to the crime after being placed under search.
Points of divergence
- The amount demanded was 60 million rubles, not 50 million as stated in the Vesti report. — vm
- Shumar personally went to the investigator and confessed after being placed under search. — vm
- Shumar initially asked for 50 million, but later demanded 60 million after the first payment. — vm
- The case was based on a scheme to obtain 50 million rubles under the pretense of paying police officials to drop charges. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- Advocate from Balashikha sentenced for attempted theft of 50 million rubles — Вести
- Shumara's lawyer sentenced to three years probation for attempted theft of 60 million — Вечерняя Москва
Key entities
- Yevgeniya Shumara
- Balashikha City Court
- Chobanian Peak
- Moscow
- RBC
- Phoenix
- Balashikha
- Evgeny Friedman
- Balashikha City Court