Former Police Officers Sentenced for Stealing 30M RUB from Garantex
Moscow, Aug 25, Vesti. In Moscow, a court handed down a verdict in the case of the embezzlement of clients' funds from the cryptocurrency exchange Garantex Europa OU.
Consensus
- The Bутырский District Court in Moscow sentenced former police officers and a former prosecutor for stealing funds from clients of the Garantex cryptocurrency exchange.
- The defendants used forged documents and fabricated legal proceedings to seize funds from cryptocurrency accounts.
- The stolen amount totaled approximately 30 million rubles, including 6.2 million rubles from two individuals and an attempted theft of 24.8 million rubles from another person.
- The court ordered the defendants to pay over 31 million rubles as compensation to victims.
- All defendants were deprived of their special ranks and banned from holding positions in law enforcement agencies for 12 to 14 years.
- The trial concluded on August 24 or 25, 2024.
- The case involved a fabricated theft report from a woman from Elista, who was later cleared of charges.
Points of divergence
- The defendants were charged with bribery, falsification of documents, abuse of office, and for Shakin and Bakhtyev, also with large-scale fraud. — vm
- The court fined each defendant 6.5 million rubles. — vm
- The prosecutor requested a harsher punishment than what was handed down. — vm
- The defendants were arrested in October 2023. — vm
- The woman from Elista was initially arrested but later had charges dropped. — vm
- Shakina was sentenced to 12 years in a general regime colony, while Bakhtyev and Golubev received 14 years in a strict regime colony. — vesti
- The court did not impose fines on the defendants. — vesti
- The defendants were not arrested in October 2023; the article does not mention arrest dates. — vesti
- Vladimir Smirnitsky, former head of Binance in the CIS, was sentenced in May for defrauding a crypto blogger of 8.8 million rubles. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Operatives and investigator sentenced to deprivation of liberty for crypto theft — Вести
- Theft of 30 million from Garantex exchange accounts: who was sentenced — Вечерняя Москва
Key entities
- Moscow
- Butyrsky District Court
- Garantex
- Kommersant
- Butyrsky Court
- Renata Bakhitova
- Leonid Golubev
- Garantex Europa OU