Presnensky court of Moscow on Monday, August 8, returned the case to the former head of Mirax Group Sergei Polonsky about the theft of 2.6 bn RUB. to the attorney General, reported the press Secretary of the court Anastasia pilina. She said that the case was returned to the Prosecutor for the qualification of defendants ‘ actions as more serious crimes.
As explained by the lawyer, Polonsky, Aleksey Tsaplin, now his client and two other defendants charged with committing fraud in especially large size. But the judge found in their actions of signs of an organized group.
In fact, the imputation additional aggravating circumstance will not result in changing neither the Criminal code nor even part of it, explains a lawyer. But for the defendants that still doesn’t Bode well, said the defender. In turn, he recalled that Polonsky is not guilty. For its part, the defence of the accused also requested to return the case to the Prosecutor, but on other grounds. For example, in the case not indicated, in which the wording of article 159 (fraud) is necessary to judge the defendants in the case. “During the investigation this article has been modified five times,” says Tsaplin.
The case of Polonsky on charges of fraud were brought to court in July. Businessman accused of stealing more than 2.6 billion rubles from co-investors of apartment buildings LCD “Kutuzovskaya mile” and residential complex “Rublevsky Riviera”. In addition Polonsky defendants in the case are the former head of the financial Department of Mirax Group Alexander Paperno and former General Director of OOO “AVANTA” Alex Pronyakin.
Polonsky was detained in Cambodia in 2015 and extradited to Russia. He is now in a Moscow prison “Matrosskaya Tishina”.
In may 2016, the Tver court of Moscow sanctioned absentia arrest of three former leaders of Mirax Group. “Kommersant” wrote that it was about a former Vice-President of Mirax Group Dmitry Lutsenko, the Chairman of the Board of the company Maxim Temnikov, as well as member of the Board of Directors Alexey Adikaev. All three of them wanted.
