Russian banker from Vneshprombank convicted of embezzling 156 billion rubles
A Moscow court has heard the case of former co-owner of Vneshprombank Georgy Bedzhamov.
He is a key figure in the case of embezzlement of 156 billion rubles.
Bedzhamov was found guilty, TASS reports. He was sentenced in absentia to fourteen years of imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
In addition, the Khamovnichesky District Court satisfied claims for a total of 143 billion rubles.
The defendant himself fled Russia and is now in the UK.
Law enforcement officers established that from the spring of 2009 to the end of 2015, Bedzhamov, in collusion with top managers of Vneshprombank, was engaged in the misappropriation of funds.
Over more than five years, criminals stole 156 billion rubles.
They did this with the help of non-repayable loans, which were issued to controlled accounts of 86 individuals and 427 organizations.
In addition, there were cases of funds being written off from clients' deposit accounts. The depositors themselves were not notified that certain amounts were being written off from their accounts.
