The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has submitted to Arbitration court of Petersburg and Leningrad region the statement of claim about bankruptcy “Ruskobank”, a quarter of the shares owned by 47 region, it follows from the case materials.
Date of consideration of the claim is not appointed yet.
On 21 June, the Central Bank revoked the license of the Vsevolozhsk JSC “Russian trading—industrial Bank”. According to the regulator, the Bank did not fulfill the requirements of the legislation and normative acts of the Central Bank, regulating banking activities. The Central Bank also revealed the presence of real threat to interests of creditors and depositors.
Ruskobank was founded in 1989 and was part of the East—European financial Corporation (VEFK) famous banker Alexander Gitelson, who was convicted of fraud.
According to investigators, the former head of Bank VEFK kidnapped 1.88 billion rubles from the budget by removing the money from the “Inkasbank”, where they were held by the financial Committee of the Leningrad region. From may 2006 to may 2007 Gitelson took control of a number of credit organizations, followed by electronic transactions transferred money to their accounts.
