Investigators suspect Sberbank’s Chechnya’s head of 1 bln rbl fraud

GROZNY, Jul 4 (PRIME) – A criminal case was initiated against Said-Magomed Dzhabrailov, head of Sberbank’s unit in the republic of Chechnya, who is suspected of created 12 fly-by-night firms through which he withdrew over 1 billion rubles, the local Interior Ministry said in a statement late on Monday.

“At the moment, Dzhabrailov has been acknowledged a suspect under a criminal case and was put on the wanted list. According to our data, he fled from prosecution and is outside of the Russian Federation,” the statement read.

The preliminary investigation discovered that Dzhabrailov set up the firms through straw persons and conducted illegal banking operations through the current accounts with the Chechen unit of Sberbank. Investigators also suspect him of opening more fly-by-night firms in order to cash in even more money.

A Sberbank representative declined to comment saying only that it is checking the information.

(58.9695 rubles – U.S. $1)

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