The Krasnoyarsk company was fined almost 6 million rubles for laundering criminal proceeds

In Krasnoyarsk, on the initiative of the prosecutor's office, an organization was fined 5.7 million rubles for laundering criminal proceeds.

The press service of the regional supervisory agency said that a Krasnoyarsk commercial organization, registered as a supplier of electrical equipment, has turned into a tool for cashing out money and laundering criminal proceeds.

In 2021, three residents of Krasnoyarsk developed an illegal “banking service” scheme. Through the controlled Golden Plus LLC, they carried out imaginary transactions under fictitious agreements, cashed incoming amounts and transferred cash to clients for a commission of 9–14%. In fact, the company did not conduct any real activities, and its accounts were used as a transit channel.

“The key episode was the transfer of more than 2.8 million rubles to an entrepreneur using 10 false payment orders indicating a non-existent contract for transport services. The court found that the work was not carried out, and the documents were drawn up only to conceal the criminal origin of the funds,” the regional prosecutor’s office clarified.

The court found the organizers of the scheme guilty of illegal banking activities (clause “a, b”, part 2 of Article 172 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), legalization of criminal proceeds (clause “a”, part 4 of Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), creation of fly-by-night companies (clause “b”, part 2 of Article 173.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and operations with counterfeit means of payment (clause “b” Part 2 of Article 187 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). They were sentenced to imprisonment in a general regime colony for a term of 3 to 3.6 years.

Also pthe prosecutor initiated liability in relation to the legal entity in whose interests the crime was committedali operations for laundering criminal proceeds. By order of the prosecutor, the company was fined for carrying out financial transactions with criminal proceeds in its own interests. By Art. 15.27.3 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation for 5.7 million rubleslei.

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