During the preliminary investigation of the criminal case, it was established that the beneficiary of the Masloproduct Group of Companies CJSC Alexey Bazhanov, the former director of Oil Production CJSC Nikolai Rodnishchev, financial consultant Olga Yaudzemis and their accomplices from among the employees of Oil Production CJSC in 2013 for the purpose of theft PJSC JSCB “Svyaz-Bank” organized the transfer of funds to a financial institution knowingly false information about the presence and quantity of collateral property owned by Vector-D LLC and Oil Production CJSC.
Based on the documents provided, a loan agreement was concluded between the bank and Oil Production CJSC for the purchase of domestic agricultural raw materials for primary and industrial processing.
As a result of the actions of Nikolai Rodnishchev and his accomplices, in April 2013, funds totaling 400 million rubles were received from the bank account, which were stolen. Then, using the remote banking system, the defendants made a number of financial transactions through the current accounts of legal entities under their control on fictitious grounds. One of the above companies acquired promissory notes from an investment bank in the amount of 150 million rubles, which members of the organized group disposed of at their own discretion.
At the request of the investigator, the property of Nikolai Rodnishchev and his relatives was seized.
In November 2021, an investigator from the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia finally charged the defendant with committing crimes under Part 4 of Article 159 and Part 3 of Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
Currently, the criminal case, consisting of 57 volumes, with an indictment approved by the prosecutor, has been sent to the Basmanny District Court of Moscow for consideration on the merits.
Nine criminal cases initiated against the beneficiary of the Masloproduct group of companies, Alexey Bazhanov, financial consultant Olga Yaudzemis and other members of the organized group on grounds of crimes under Articles 159, 159.1, 174 and 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation are combined into one proceeding with this criminal case.
Since 2014, Alexey Bazhanov and Olga Yaudzemis have been on the international wanted list through Interpol channels. It has been established that Alexey Bazhanov is in the UK. However, in November 2020, the competent authorities of this country refused his extradition to the Russian Federation.
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