The Vyborg District Court in St. Petersburg has issued a decision to impose a preventive measure against the ex-president of the International Bank Sergei Bazhanov , who is in hiding currently under investigation overseas. & nbsp;
According to the court decision, the court chose Bazhanova as a preventive measure of arrest for 30 days from the time of detention or the time of extradition to the territory of the Russia.
What is the former banker accused of?
Sergei Bazhanov is accused of committing fraud as part of an organized criminal group. According to the press service of the District Court of the Northern Capital, he was charged with a felony under part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (large-scale fraud ladder). & Nbsp;
The investigation finds that Bazhanov, being a member of the board of directors and chairman of the board of directors of MBSP, under the guise of international transactions for the supply of grain crops using irrevocable letters of credit and not covered by the bank, issued deliberately fictitious documents, stealing nearly 5.2 billion rubles belonging to the bank.
In September 2019, the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Arbitration Court declared the MBSP bank bankrupt. After the bankruptcy, the media reported the opening of two criminal cases: under article 172.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (falsification of financial accounting and declaration documents; a financial organization) and part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud on a particularly large scale).
The Provisional Administration, represented by the State Corporations Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA), has revealed a 'hole' in in the capital of the bank the volume of more than 13 billion rubles. At the time of the license revocation, Bazhanov controlled 99.23% of the shares of JSC International Bank of St. Petersburg; (MBSP). & Nbsp;
At the request of the Central Bank, the court declared Bazhanov's bank bankrupt and put his property up for auction. In particular, five Mercedes-Benz, Bentley Arnage RL, Cadillac Escalade and Toyota Land Cruiser 100 were sold under the hammer. Shares of JSC Saint Petersburg Currency Exchange have also been put up for sale. 186 pieces
Bazhanov is also charged in a criminal case for falsifying reports of the financial organization (Article 172.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), which was initiated in 2019. Earlier this year, he was indicted in absentia of a felony and in April he was placed on the international wanted list. In connection with this case, the second investigative service of the Main Investigation Directorate of the ICR requested the arrest of the banker, but the Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg refused this request, noting that he had left the country even before this criminal case began.
What do we know about Sergei Bazhanov? & nbsp;
Sergei Viktorovich Bazhanov was born in Leningrad on August 23, 1954. Graduated from Ulyanovsk Polytechnic Institute. From 1982 to 1986 he worked as chairman of the trade union committee of the Ulyanovsk Polytechnic Institute. And from 1987 to 1992 he was deputy general manager of the Kontaktor factory.
In 1991 he graduated from the USSR Academy of National Economics in Moscow. In 1992 he joined Inkombank, where he headed the credit and securities resources department of the Ulyanovsk branch of Inkombank. (Povolzhsky branch). & Nbsp;
In 1993, he headed the St. Petersburg branch of the Inkombank. In 1994, he became a member of the board of directors of Inkombank, and since 1996, & mdash; Vice-president of the bank.
In 1996, Bazhanov joined BaltONEKSIM Bank, where he headed the bank's board of directors, and in 1999 became chairman of his own bank (Petersburg Lesopromyshlenniy Bank, later renamed ; International Bank of St. Petersburg & raquo; & mdash; MBSP). & Nbsp;
From November 2008 to August 2013, Bazhanov was a member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the Ulyanovsk region. In August 2013, he returned to the International Bank of St. Petersburg as chairman of & mdash; Chairman of the Board of Directors. From October 2015 to October 15, 2018 & mdash; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Bank of St. Petersburg.
In the fall of 2018, Bazhanov moved abroad and currently lives in London.