Zotov Dmitry Ivanovich

Zotov Dmitry Ivanovich

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2024: Sentence - 7 years in prison for fraud

On April 8, 2024, the Nikulinsky Court of Moscow sentenced Dmitry Zotov, the former general director of Transfin-M. In the case of fraud on an especially large scale, he was sentenced to imprisonment for a period of seven years with serving in a general regime correctional colony.

A criminal case against Zotov, who appears in the "London Titov list," was initiated in August 2019 at the request of the current general director of Transfin-M PJSC Maxim Anishchenkov. According to the prosecution, the defendant, shortly before the sale of Transfin-M, withdrew about 1.2 billion rubles from the company through a series of imaginary transactions and a chain of companies affiliated with it.

The court found the businessman guilty of committing a crime under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud on an especially large scale). The case file says that Zotov committed the theft of someone else's property by deception using his official position on an especially large scale. According to TASS, the prosecutor asked to appoint the entrepreneur 8 years in prison, and taking into account the existing punishment - 11 years.

The court finally sentenced to imprisonment for a period of 7 years, with serving a sentence in a general regime correctional colony with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions for 2 years. The court partially satisfied the civil claim of the victim, the ruling says.

In addition, it is reported that the court, as compensation for material damage, recovered 796 million rubles from Zotov in favor of the injured party, that is, the Transfin-M company. A security arrest has been imposed on some of the objects of Zotov's property, including the house and bank accounts, which will remain at least until the sentence to Zotov comes into force.^[1]

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