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- 26 February 2014, 17:31
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
Today, February, 26, 2014, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation the competent authorities of the Republic of Chile are extraditing Russian citizen Sergey Zadnepriansky. Investigative agencies accuse him of committing the crime, referred to in article 4, paragraph 159 (swindling, i.e. acquisition of the right to other people's property by fraud in especially big amount by an organized group) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
The criminal case against Zadnepriansky is pending by the investigation department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Omsk Oblast.
According to the investigation, in 2003-2005 Zadnepriansky, as a member of an organized group, committed a theft of money from West-Siberian Bank Joint Stock Commercial Savings Bank of Russia, the money was taken as credits for front legal entities and individual entrepreneurs in the form of commercial credits with mandatory targeted use of credit funds, on especially large scale in the amount exceeding 110,000,000 rubles.
As Zadnepriansky has fled from law enforcement agencies, in March 2008 he was put on a federal wanted list, and in April 2008 he was put on an international wanted list.
After obtaining information about location of the stated person within the territory of Chile, in October 2009 the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation sent the request on his extradition.
In December 2009 the competent authorities of the Republic of Chile took decision of extradition of Zadnepriansky to Russia. But his extradition was suspended due to criminal prosecution of the latter in Chile under article "money laundering", and later due to his health condition. The term of extradition of Zadnepriansky by the Chilean authorities has been extended several times, for the last time - till February 28, 2014.
In December 2013 the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation received information on results of another medical examination of Zadnepriansky, in accordance with which flights by air transport to the territory of Russia are not contraindicative for the latter, accompanied by a medical worker.
Today Sergey Zadnepriansky, escorted by officials of Federal Penitentiary Service and those of Interpol Bureau of Russia, will be extradited to Russia.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
26 February 2014, 17:31
On extradition of Russian citizen Sergey Zadnepriansky, accused of swindling, to Russia from Chile
Today, February, 26, 2014, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation the competent authorities of the Republic of Chile are extraditing Russian citizen Sergey Zadnepriansky. Investigative agencies accuse him of committing the crime, referred to in article 4, paragraph 159 (swindling, i.e. acquisition of the right to other people's property by fraud in especially big amount by an organized group) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
The criminal case against Zadnepriansky is pending by the investigation department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Omsk Oblast.
According to the investigation, in 2003-2005 Zadnepriansky, as a member of an organized group, committed a theft of money from West-Siberian Bank Joint Stock Commercial Savings Bank of Russia, the money was taken as credits for front legal entities and individual entrepreneurs in the form of commercial credits with mandatory targeted use of credit funds, on especially large scale in the amount exceeding 110,000,000 rubles.
As Zadnepriansky has fled from law enforcement agencies, in March 2008 he was put on a federal wanted list, and in April 2008 he was put on an international wanted list.
After obtaining information about location of the stated person within the territory of Chile, in October 2009 the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation sent the request on his extradition.
In December 2009 the competent authorities of the Republic of Chile took decision of extradition of Zadnepriansky to Russia. But his extradition was suspended due to criminal prosecution of the latter in Chile under article "money laundering", and later due to his health condition. The term of extradition of Zadnepriansky by the Chilean authorities has been extended several times, for the last time - till February 28, 2014.
In December 2013 the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation received information on results of another medical examination of Zadnepriansky, in accordance with which flights by air transport to the territory of Russia are not contraindicative for the latter, accompanied by a medical worker.
Today Sergey Zadnepriansky, escorted by officials of Federal Penitentiary Service and those of Interpol Bureau of Russia, will be extradited to Russia.
