Former head of the Bank of Moscow Andrei Borodin and his former deputy Dmitry Akulinin are suspected of fraudulent transactions with the capital's budget in the amount of 12, 76 billion rubles, as well as embezzlement of bank funds in the amount of more than 7 billion rubles.
The problems for the leaders of the Bank of Moscow began immediately after the new government of Moscow sold the municipal share in the capital of this institution (46, 48%) to the state bank VTB. Some time later, he signaled a large share of doubtful loans in the Bank of Moscow's portfolio.
The investigating authorities became interested in the bank at the end of 2010. A dubious financial flow was also monitored at that time. In 2009, the financial institution received 15 billion rubles from the capital's budget to increase its capital. Then the Bank of Moscow issued 13 billion to the company "Premier Estate", the authorized capital of which on the day of receiving the loan was the minimum allowable 10 thousand rubles. She, in turn, spent the received loan on the purchase of land in the western part of Moscow from the Inteko company, owned by the wife of the ex-mayor of Moscow, Elena Baturina. At the same time, according to experts, the amount of the transaction for the purchase of 58 hectares of land was several times higher than the real market prices.
For a very long time, the investigators tried to summon Elena Baturina herself, who lives and does business in Austria, for questioning. But she refused to come, fearing that after interrogation she would not return. Only in June 2012, she visited Moscow, after she was given a guarantee of immunity with a regular summons. For four hours, Elena Baturina gave testimony to the investigators, after which her status as a witness in this case did not change.
As for Borodin and Akulinin, later the investigation revealed the second scheme of theft. In 2008-2010, these top managers organized the transfer from the correspondent account of the Bank of Moscow to the accounts of twenty companies controlled by them, registered in Cyprus, about 7.8 billion rubles. The suspects are believed to be in England. At home, where they were arrested in absentia and put on the international wanted list, they face a long term of imprisonment.
