Ex-Gazprom subsidiary CEO charged with 223-mln-ruble embezzlement - Russian Investigative Committee
MOSCOW. May 15 (Interfax) - Alexander Karavayev, former general director of a Gazprom subsidiary, has been indicted for embezzling 223 million rubles, a spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee told Interfax on Monday.
"According to detectives, Karavayev, the then General Director of JSC Draga, a subsidiary of PJSC Gazprom, abused his office in the period from March 2013 through September 2014 and embezzled over 223 million rubles entrusted to him and deposited in IntrustBank in favor of the bank's beneficiaries, who were his close relatives," the spokesman said.
Karavayev was detained and charged with embezzlement, the Investigative Committee said, adding that a court had ordered his arrest.
The criminal inquiry against Karabayev resulted from a proceeding against former IntrustBank Executive Board Chairman Boris Yepifanov, who had been accused of abuse of office and embezzlement, the Investigative Committee said.
The Central Bank of Russia revoked IntrustBank's banking license on September 16, 2014, and the bank was declared bankrupt.
The criminal inquiry is ongoing, and the identity of co-conspirators is being established.
