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- 12 Aug 2014, 13:36
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
At the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, the competent authorities of the Republic of Cyprus extradited Russian citizen Yury Petrov to Russia. The criminal case against Petrov was initiated in 2013 and is pending by the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Kamchatka Krai. The investigative authorities accuse him of committing a crime under Art. 159 Part 4 (fraud, i.e. acquisition of the right to other people's property by false pretences in especially big amount) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
The investigation found that in July 2012, Petrov, who was a president of the Commercial Bank Kamchatka, received loaned funds from the Continent LLC in the amount of RUR 16 million and from the Ost-Oil Company LLC in the amount of RUR 14 million. He did not deposit money with a bank, stole and managed them at his own discretion.
Since Petrov fled from criminal prosecution, in January 2013, he was put on the federal wanted list, and, in May 2013, he was put on the international wanted list. In connection with the establishment of his location in the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, in September 2013, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation forwarded to the competent authorities of the Republic of Cyprus a request for his extradition, which was satisfied in July 2014. Yury Petrov was delivered from Larnaca to Moscow accompanied by a special escort.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
12 Aug 2014, 13:36
On the extradition of the Russian citizen Yury Petrov accused of a large-scale fraud from Cyprus to Russia
At the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, the competent authorities of the Republic of Cyprus extradited Russian citizen Yury Petrov to Russia. The criminal case against Petrov was initiated in 2013 and is pending by the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Kamchatka Krai. The investigative authorities accuse him of committing a crime under Art. 159 Part 4 (fraud, i.e. acquisition of the right to other people's property by false pretences in especially big amount) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
The investigation found that in July 2012, Petrov, who was a president of the Commercial Bank Kamchatka, received loaned funds from the Continent LLC in the amount of RUR 16 million and from the Ost-Oil Company LLC in the amount of RUR 14 million. He did not deposit money with a bank, stole and managed them at his own discretion.
Since Petrov fled from criminal prosecution, in January 2013, he was put on the federal wanted list, and, in May 2013, he was put on the international wanted list. In connection with the establishment of his location in the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, in September 2013, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation forwarded to the competent authorities of the Republic of Cyprus a request for his extradition, which was satisfied in July 2014. Yury Petrov was delivered from Larnaca to Moscow accompanied by a special escort.
