https://threads.chez.work/en/tags/embezzlement/Recent content in Embezzlement on Chez unrollsHugoenChezRDWed, 29 Jan 2025 02:24:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-vyvod-aktivov/Wed, 29 Jan 2025 02:24:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-vyvod-aktivov/An overview of key aspects of asset stripping from Probusinessbank (PBB). Analysis of schemes via DMBL, OCIL, BCS Cyprus, Larienta, Lankora, links to investigations by Maxim Katz and The Bell, plus previously unnoticed episodes and the hole in the bank’s balance.https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/lankora-and-falcon/Mon, 27 Jan 2025 22:26:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/lankora-and-falcon/A previously little‑known scheme to siphon around USD 50 million from AKB Probusinessbank via Switzerland’s Falcon Private Bank. Deal specifics, the Central Bank’s role, and what ultimately happened to Falcon.https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/vazhnost-affidavita/Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:48:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/vazhnost-affidavita/Why did Vladimir Ashurkov’s sworn statement, as FBK’s executive director, become decisive in the Probusinessbank case? We break down how a single witness helped avoid a hearing on the merits under the pretext of “political persecution,” and what that meant for depositors.https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/tokmakov-and-larienta/Mon, 04 Nov 2024 02:03:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/tokmakov-and-larienta/This is a story about yet another scheme for siphoning assets out of Probusinessbank. If I were asked to show what corruption looks like, it would look exactly like in this photograph.https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-likbez-2/Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:23:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-likbez-2/Clarification of key elements of embezzlement using the case of Probiznesbank and a response to criticism from FBK and Professor Mironov.https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-likbez/Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:44:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-likbez/A professor breaks down the main arguments in defense of Probiznesbank bankers and explains why they do not refute the fact of illegal withdrawal of funds.https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-khishchenie-a-ne-risk-shifting/Mon, 21 Oct 2024 15:20:49 +0300https://threads.chez.work/en/findings/probiznesbank-khishchenie-a-ne-risk-shifting/In an article by ‘The Insider’ and in an interview between Andrey Zayakin and Alexander Plyushchev, two questionable narratives emerged about the asset diversion from Probusinessbank. The first — about alleged ‘risk shifting’, the second — about the impossibility of confirming theft due to the ‘disappearance without a trace’ of the money. Here’s why this was not risk shifting but straightforward theft, backed by legally structured offshore schemes, and why such claims raise serious questions.