On the leaders of the airline "VIM-Avia" a criminal case was initiated about the theft of money from passengers. This was reported by the official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Svetlana Petrenko. "Investigation authorities instituted criminal proceedings on the grounds of the crime provided for. 4 items. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud in a particularly large amount), in connection with the pilferage of passengers' money by officials of VIM-Avia Airlines LLC, Petrenco told Interfax. Investigators found that no later than September 22, employees from the airline's senior management decided to steal from the clients of the company by deceiving the funds in a particularly large amount. According to the investigators, the scammers knew in advance that the airline did not have enough money to buy fuel, including for refueling aircraft at the Domodedovo airport. Without an agreement on the supply of fuel and, accordingly, without the possibility to fulfill their obligations to passengers, they continued to sell air tickets, earning more than 1 million rubles.

At the moment, in the case of fraud, the general director of VIM-Avia. Also SC sent requests to fuel suppliers, specifies Regnum.

Earlier, the Moscow Interregional Investigation Department on Transport initiated a pre-investigation check on the delay of VIM-Avia flights and violation of passengers' rights. A total of 22 domestic and international flights of the company were postponed to Domodedovo airport on September 22 and 23. As a result, nearly three thousand passengers. In Rosaviatsia explained that the long delays in airline flights are associated with its arrears for fuel. However, in the "VIM-avia" itself, the difficulties with the schedule were called temporary, explaining them by the "traditional seasonal decline" and the economic disputes caused by these disputes.