Patient banker accused of fraud

In the case of officials were involved in Leningrad region. Investigation Committee of St. Petersburg prosecutor's office intends to bring in as a defendant in a criminal case of ex-president of the East-European Finance Corporation (EEFC) Alexander Gitelson, reports Kommersant. According to the investigation, a banker in 2007, received from unknown persons SWIFT-messages (international banking system of information transfer to make payments) to translate into personal accounts Gitelson 5 billion rubles. from the Serbian bank in Banja Luka. " Then he asked the accountant "Inkasbank" transfer the funds to his account in the institution. After that, the suspect withdrew from EEFC 2.5 billion rubles. Next take the money were to be repaid by a transfer from the Banja Luka. " It is believed the police, to make up the shortfall Alexander Gitelson persuaded the chairman of the Board of Inkasbank "Tatyana Lebedeva set to send on EEFC funds Leningrad region. "Inkasbank", included in EEFC, was the winner of the competition for placement of 1.8 billion rubles. budget of the Leningrad Region. A few months after the transfer of this sum from the bank had its license revoked and he was unable to return the money in time. Scandal, which resulted in the resignation of the regional government: their posts were deprived of the Vice-Governor Alexander Yakovlev, with his deputy Vitaly Rudinovym. Criminal proceedings were instituted under Article 159 of the Criminal Code - a fraud. Followed by part-time charge of Tatyana Lebedeva, who disappeared from the investigation and was declared an international arrest warrant. Then she changed her mind and signed a deal with the investigation. Lebedev said the details of the crime and pointed to accomplices, among whom was Alexander Gitelson. This led to a decision about bringing Gitelson as a defendant, but the formal accusation he has not been presented because the banker is on medical leave. His lawyer, Oksana Mikhalkina announced its intention to appeal the ruling. Previously, up to April this year, Alexander Gitelson was in remand prison as an accused for issuing loans worth about 900 million rubles. Which obviously could not be returned. His health has seriously undermined. The banker has already endured four operations and is preparing for the fifth.