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- 06 March 2015, 15:15
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
Today, on March 06, 2015, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation the competent authorities of the Republic of Austria extradite to Russia the citizen of the Russian Federation Sergey Filichkin. He is accused of committing three crimes under Article 159 Part 4 (large-scale fraud committed by an organized group), and twelve crimes under Article 30 Part 3, Article 159 Part 4 (attempt to large-scale fraud committed by an organized group) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
The criminal case against Filichkin is proceeded in the Investigative Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Territory.
According to investigators, from February 2010 to December 2011 in the Krasnodar Territory Filichkin and other members of an organized criminal group created a series of shell companies. Then, by the illegal reimbursement of VAT, they abducted from the Federal Budget of the Russian Federation the funds amounting to over 36.5 million rubles, and attempted to steal nearly another 300 million rubles, but they did not finish their criminal intent due to circumstances beyond their control.
Since Filichkin fled from law enforcement agencies, in September 2012 he was put on the international wanted list.
After establishing the location of Filichkin in the territory of the Republic of Austria, in January 2015 the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation sent to the competent authorities of that State a request for his extradition to Russia, which was settled in February 2015.
Today, accompanied by officers of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation and the Russian Interpol Bureau Filichkin is extradited to Russia.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
06 March 2015, 15:15
On Extradition from Austria to Russia of the Russian Citizen Sergey Filichkin Who Is Charged with Multimillion Fraud
Today, on March 06, 2015, at the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation the competent authorities of the Republic of Austria extradite to Russia the citizen of the Russian Federation Sergey Filichkin. He is accused of committing three crimes under Article 159 Part 4 (large-scale fraud committed by an organized group), and twelve crimes under Article 30 Part 3, Article 159 Part 4 (attempt to large-scale fraud committed by an organized group) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
The criminal case against Filichkin is proceeded in the Investigative Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Territory.
According to investigators, from February 2010 to December 2011 in the Krasnodar Territory Filichkin and other members of an organized criminal group created a series of shell companies. Then, by the illegal reimbursement of VAT, they abducted from the Federal Budget of the Russian Federation the funds amounting to over 36.5 million rubles, and attempted to steal nearly another 300 million rubles, but they did not finish their criminal intent due to circumstances beyond their control.
Since Filichkin fled from law enforcement agencies, in September 2012 he was put on the international wanted list.
After establishing the location of Filichkin in the territory of the Republic of Austria, in January 2015 the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation sent to the competent authorities of that State a request for his extradition to Russia, which was settled in February 2015.
Today, accompanied by officers of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation and the Russian Interpol Bureau Filichkin is extradited to Russia.
