Admin l Tuesday, April 14, 2020
MOSCOW, Russia – The Presnensky District Court, Moscow has arraigned former Director General of the Russian Authors’ Society (RAO), Mr. Sergey Fedotov and his accomplices for over 730 million-ruble fraud (about $10 million).
Court papers obtained by Rapsi, revealed that there are five defendands, including Sergey Fedotov’s mother and ex-employee of the Russian Authors’ Society, Svetlana Temeshova, who have entered a guilty plea and seek a special procedure trial, without evidence examination and witness questioning.
In December 2018, Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court ordered Sergey Fedotov and other accused be placed in detention. Investigators believe that they transferred the authors’ royalties to a fake accounts and then withdrew the money.
In June 2017, Sergey Fedotov was convicted in his first embezzlement case and sentenced to 1.5 years behind bars. In December 2017, he was released on parole.
