Head of Aeroflot airline department arrested on suspicion of fraud. Investigators believe that he could pocket 25 million rubles. This was reported in the Moscow Interregional Investigation Department for Transport (MSKUT).
According to law enforcers, in November 2014. One of the Moscow energy companies filed a lawsuit with the Arbitration Court to recover from Aeroflot more than 120 million rubles. As payment for the non-contractual electricity consumption within the framework of the contract of sale which they previously concluded.
The court granted the claim. After the founder and general director of Energoholding, realizing that Aeroflot could also recover this amount from their organization in regression, they conspired and entered into a criminal conspiracy to give the judge of the appellate court a bribe.
"Upon learning about this, the director of the department of construction of buildings and structures of PJSC Aeroflot decided to steal these funds. He proposed to his malefactors his assistance in canceling the decision of the Arbitration Court by transferring a bribe of 25 million rubles to the relevant judge. However, having received the specified amount of money in May-June 2015 in two stages, it stole it and turned it in its favor, "the ministry said..
Top-manager of Aeroflot did not admit his guilt. At the time of the investigation, he was taken into custody. "Currently, the investigation is carrying out work to collect the necessary evidence base. Investigation of the criminal case continues, "- explained in the UK.