Smolensk Bank

2021: The murder of Mikhail Yakhontov and his family. Killer found hanged

In October 2021, in Moscow on Mosfilmovskaya Street, the top manager of Smolensky Bank Mikhail Yakhontov was killed. He served time for intentional bankruptcy of the bank. The bodies of his wife and child were found in the apartment. Previously, 39-year-old Antonina and 8-year-old Gleb were strangled. Father's body was found in the hallway. Investigators are working on the spot. The alarm was sounded by familiar families who could not reach them. The door to the apartment was opened by the housekeeper with her key. He had a debt of 2 billion rubles.

Yakhontov was declared bankrupt in court. The procedure for the sale of his property was begun. The first hearing in this case was scheduled for March 2022.

Later it became known that the murder occurred after the interrogation of Yakhontov in the case of embezzlement at Rusnano. Earlier, the court canceled the arrest of the top of the Rusnano financial department Andrei Gorkov for a credit and deposit scheme. Gorkov transferred 738 million from Rusnano to Smolensky Bank, which collapsed and Rusnano lost money. Anatoly Chubais says that Smolensky Bank arose by accident, and his manager is innocent.

A day later it was reported that the alleged killer of the Yakhontov family was detained in Belarus.

A day later it became known that the killer Andrei Skripkin was found hanged in a Belarusian pre-trial detention center. Skripkin, in absentia, was accused by investigators of the murder of the ex-head of Smolensky Bank Mikhail Yakhontov and members of his family. The day before, he confessed to the crime. On October 28, the alleged killer was to be extradited to Russia.

Later it was reported that businessman Andrei Skripkin killed Yakhontov because of a debt of 96 million rubles.

Yakhontov asked his friend Skripkin to take a fictitious loan from Smolensky Bank. Yakhontov explained that such a focus must be done to show the movement of funds. He promised that this issue would be closed in the near future and there was no financial danger to him. But the bank lost its license, the debt remained on Skripkin.

After the bankruptcy of the Smolensk Bank case, employees of the Deposit Insurance Agency examined it. They began to file claims for unpaid debts to the debtors of the bursting bank. The base of the Federal Bailiff Service in Skripkin currently has four debts, in the amount of about 96 million rubles.

After the murder, Skripkin wanted to escape abroad, but he was caught. He did not wait for the verdict and hanged himself in a Belarusian prison.

2013: License revocation

In December 2013, the Bank of Russia revoked banking licenses from three banks at once. We are talking about Investbank, Project Financing Bank (BPF) and Smolensk Bank. All these credit institutions have lost their banking licences since December 13, 2013. The Central Bank said in a statement that the decision to revoke the Investment Bank license is due to the bank's failure to comply with the laws and regulations of the Bank of Russia, as well as the significant inaccuracy of the reporting data. According to the regulator, in the last two working days the bank experienced visible difficulties in fulfilling its full obligations to customers and depositors.