The key facts

  • Alexei Taicher has been transferred to Moscow in a new case over the embezzlement of about 1 billion rubles
  • He was previously sentenced to 11 years in a colony and a fine of 2 million rubles for three episodes of fraud
  • The Moscow City Court upheld the verdict; 1.2 billion rubles were recovered from Taicher under a civil claim

Transfer and new case

Former adviser to Russian Railways, ex-co-owner of the leasing companies Transfin-M and SG-Trans, and former CEO of Federal Freight Company JSC, Alexei Taicher, has been transferred to Moscow in connection with a new criminal case involving the embezzlement of about 1 billion rubles. Law enforcement agencies told TASS about this, Gazeta.Ru reports. Taicher is a citizen of both Russia and Israel; the nature of the new 'especially grave crime' he is being charged with has not been specified.

Previous verdict

Earlier, the Moscow City Court upheld the legality of the verdicthanded down to Taicher in April: 11 years in a general-regime colony and a fine of 2 million rubles for three episodes of fraud on an especially large scale. He was also banned from holding executive positions in commercial organizations for two years and 10 months, and the court granted the claim for compensation of 1.2 billion rubles in civil proceedings.

What is known and what remains unclear

Thus, the transfer to Moscow indicates the development of a new case against the backdrop of an already effective verdict. However, the publications do not yet make clear who besides Taicher figures as a defendant, what exactly the new charges consist of, or what stage the investigation is at — sources do not disclose these details.