Co-owner of the bankrupt Vneshprombank and the head of the Federation of bobsleigh Russia (FBSR) George Bidjamov detained by the police of Monaco, has informed “Interfax” a source in Russian law enforcement.
“Bejanov detained. The Russian Bureau of Interpol did not yet notified, but according to unofficial sources, the information about the detention confirmed,” — said the Agency interlocutor. The Forbes magazine confirmed two of the creditor Bank.
That businessman is in Monaco, Forbes reported in December 2015. At the same time in Federation of bobsleigh announced that their head does not get in touch within a few days. In February, the New York Times reported that Bidjamov found in Monte Carlo. He was allegedly seen the waiter one of the bars.
On March 16, the Tver court of Moscow sanctioned the arrest in absentia Begimova. He has been in absentia brought accusation in swindle in especially large size (part 4 of article 159 of the criminal code). According to the investigation, executives of the failed Bank to steal funds entered into loan agreements with those organizations, which are then not returned to duty.
At the time of recognition of Vneshprombank bankrupt on 11 March, the size of the deficit in its assets to cover liabilities exceeded 210 billion rubles. In fact, the Bank had slightly more than 40 billion rubles to cover the obligations for the sum more than 250 billion rubles. The license of the Bank, the Central Bank revoked on January 21.
Bejanov was one of the owners and shareholders of Vneshprombank along with her sister Larissa Markus, who led the Bank. At the end of last year, she was arrested and placed in jail on charges of embezzling 1 billion rubles.
According to Forbes, the Bank was servicing “Transneft”, “Rosneft” and belonging “to Gazprom” the Gazprom fleet.” Also among his clients, the magazine named the former Governor of Tula region Vladimir Gruzdev, a state Duma Deputy Vladislav Reznik, his wife and others.
