Synertech current, previous general directors detained on Glonass embezzlement charges
MOSCOW. May 16 (Interfax) - New suspects have been detained in a criminal case dealing with embezzlement of funds allotted for the development of the Glonass satellite navigation system.
"In the course of an investigation into this case, a number of searches have been conducted, resulting in the detention of the current and previous general directors of the company Synertech," the Interior Ministry department for Moscow told Interfax.
"Within the framework of investigating this case opened against a number of top managers of Russian Space Systems on abuse of office charges, more facts of embezzlement of budget funds have been uncovered," it said.
"Following a series of search and investigative operations, investigators uncovered facts of embezzlement by the Synertech management of at least 85 million rubles allotted under the special federal program Glonass presumably for research work," it said.
Investigators from the Interior Ministry investigative division No. 4 opened a criminal case on major fraud charges (Russian Criminal Code Article 159, Part 4) on May 13.
The current and previous general directors of Synertech have been detained under Criminal Procedure Code Article 91.
