The director of the Orel branch of Rosselkhozbank took the money abroad, but did not manage to escape himself.
Mikhail Shikhman, Director of the Oryol branch of Rosselkhozbank, was detained by the FSB on suspicion of illegal withdrawal of funds abroad. The damage caused to the bank is estimated at 167.7 million rubles. A criminal case on abuse of authority was initiated against Mr. Shikhman and he was arrested.
According to the agency, Mikhail Shikhman, “being aware of the existence of a corporate dispute at the bank’s client LLC “Mtsensky Meat Processing Plant”, instructed his subordinates to transfer €2.4 mln under a fictitious contract to the company’s address in Singapore. The Arbitration Court recognized the transfer operation as unlawful. Mr. Shikhman faces up to ten years in prison in the case of abuse of power (part 3 of article 286 of the Criminal Code).
FSB does not specify the date of detention of the director of the Oryol branch of Rosselkhozbank. At the same time, the regional media had already published articles about Mr. Shikhman’s criminal case two months ago. In particular, the OrelTimes, citing sources, wrote that the head of the branch was detained on April 10.