Ananyevs Sentenced to 8 Years for 39B Ruble Bank Theft
The Moscow's Levoberezhny District Court issued a default verdict against the founders of Promsvyazbank, Alexei and Dmitry Ananyev, sentencing each to eight years in a general regime colony for embezzling over 39 billion rubles from the bank. The court also ordered the recovery of more than 39 billion rubles in damages and imposed a 700,000 ruble fine on each defendant.
Consensus
- The Levoberezhny District Court of Moscow issued a default verdict against Alexei and Dmitry Ananyev.
- The Ananyev brothers were sentenced to eight years in a general regime penal colony each.
- The court found the Ananyevs guilty of fraud in an especially large amount under Article 159, Part 4 of the Russian Criminal Code.
- The court ordered the recovery of over 39 billion rubles in compensation for damage to Promsvyazbank.
- The Ananyevs are wanted internationally and are currently outside Russia.
- The court imposed a fine of 700,000 rubles on each defendant.
- The court prohibited the Ananyevs from engaging in management activities in commercial and credit organizations for two years and six months.
- The prosecution alleged that the Ananyevs systematically embezzled funds from Promsvyazbank between 2012 and 2017.
- The scheme involved issuing knowingly non-repayable loans to affiliated Russian and foreign companies.
- Funds were transferred through offshore structures, including the Promsvyazbank-Cyprus branch.
- The court upheld the arrest of assets worth up to 97 billion rubles.
- The defense stated that no evidence of guilt was presented and plans to appeal the verdict.
Points of divergence
- The court ordered the recovery of more than 27 billion rubles in favor of Promsvyazbank and over 12 billion rubles as material damage compensation, totaling over 39 billion rubles. — interfax
- The court found that in 2017, the Ananyevs created a criminal group to steal funds from the bank and that on December 14, 2017, 87.4 billion rubles were transferred to foreign accounts of affiliated firms. — vedomosti
- The defense claimed that only two out of 50 prosecution witnesses were examined during the trial. — interfax
- The total amount of credit to foreign companies not engaged in real activity was about 4.5 billion rubles, with part of the funds later laundered. — vedomosti
- The court's asset freeze covers land plots, real estate, and funds in foreign banks, totaling 97 billion rubles. — interfax
- The Central Bank of Russia declared the bank's liquidation in December 2017, after which Dmitry Ananyev left Russia for Cyprus. — meduza
- The Ananyevs have Cypriot citizenship. — vedomosti
Coverage (8 sources)
- Lefortovsky District Court of Moscow sentenced Promsvyazbank founders Alexey and Dmitry Ananyevs to eight years in absentia — Радио Свобода
- Court sentenced former owners of Promsvyazbank to 8 years each for embezzlement of 39 billion — Коммерсантъ
- Court sentenced the Ananyev brothers to eight years for fraud — Ведомости
- Ananyev bankers sentenced to eight years in absentia on case of theft of 39 billion rubles from Promsvyazbank funds — Meduza
- Court in Moscow sentenced Ananyev brothers to 8 years in prison in absentia — Вести
- Former owners of Promsvyazbank given eight years in absentia for embezzlement of 39 billion rubles — Коммерсантъ
- Former 'Promsvyazbank' beneficiaries Ananyevs sentenced in absentia in Russia to 8 years each — Интерфакс
- Ananyev brothers sentenced to 8 years in prison for embezzling 40 billion rubles — Москва 24
Key entities
- Dmitry Ananyev
- Moscow
- Alexei
- Promsvyazbank
- Lefortovsky District Court
- Russia
- PSB
- Lefortovsky Court
- Promsvyazbank JSC
- Court
- Dmitriy
- Telegram channel
- TASS
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