SocietyFormer head of Russia’s Deposit Insurance Agency sentenced to 4.5 years for 4 billion-ruble fraud
A Moscow court sentenced Andrei Melnikov, former head of Russia’s Deposit Insurance Agency, to 4.5 years in prison and fined him 900,000 rubles. It found that he stole 4 billion rubles through schemes involving the assets of Novosibirsk water park Aquamir. Melnikov pleaded guilty and was ordered to pay Aquamir’s former owners about 4.2 billion rubles.
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Former head of Russia’s Deposit Insurance Agency sentenced to 4.5 years for 4 billion-ruble fraud