Court freezes 30 bank accounts of two former Interior Ministry employees
Moscow's Basmanny Court has ordered the seizure of 30 bank accounts of two former Interior Ministry employees who are accused of record bribery.
The criminals illegally seized five billion rubles and fled abroad.
The court ruled: “The defendants opened brokerage and bank accounts in the names of their trusted persons,” as reported by RIA Novosti .
It is also reported that the defendants in the criminal case on bribery were carrying out professional activities in the field of combating financial fraud.
A high-profile case
Earlier, law enforcement officials reported that they had seized one residential and two non-residential premises, along with 13 bank accounts belonging to the wife of one of the criminals.
In addition, one residential and five non-residential premises of a relative of one of the defendants were seized.
It is emphasized that among the frozen bank accounts there are accounts in PJSC Sberbank of Russia, VTB Bank and Agricultural Bank.
Former employees of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs are accused of committing multiple criminal offenses in the field of financial schemes and fraud.
