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About extradition to Russia from Bulgaria of a citizen of the Russian Federation Anton Nazarov, accused of fraud with use of a payment card
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Today, upon the request of the General Prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation, the competent authorities of Bulgaria are extraditing to Russia a citizen of the Russian Federation Anton Nazarov.

By the investigation authorities he is accused of committing of eighty-seven crimes foreseen by part 4 of article 159 of the criminal code of the Russian Federation (fraud committed by an organized group) and of twenty-six crimes foreseen by part 3 of article 30 and part 4 of article 159 of the criminal code of the Russian Federation (attempted fraud, i.e. misappropriation of other people's property by fraud, committed by an organized group).

The criminal case against Nazarov is in the execution stage of the Internal Affairs Division of the 1st department of the investigative unit of the investigative department under the Board of Internal Affairs of the Eastern administrative district of the city of Moscow.

According to the investigation, from 2007 to 2008 being a member of an organized group, he committed misappropriation of monetary means from different banks for the total amount of about 1 million rubles with the use of a counterfeit card and attempted the theft of about 500 thousand rubles from the accounts of a number of banks.

In June 2010 Nazarov was placed into the international wanted list and in December 2010 he was detained on the territory of Bulgaria.

In January 2011 the General Prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation forwarded to the competent authorities of the Republic of Bulgaria a request about extradition of Nazarov for bringing to criminal responsibility, and at the same time it was satisfied.

Today, accompanied by the employees of the Russian Bureau of Interpol and the FSIN (Federal Service of Execution of Punishment) of Russia, Nazarov is extradited to Russia.

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