Russian businessman Maxim Finsky detained in Minsk after fleeing house arrest


Russian businessman Maxim Finsky, former director of the company Intergeo and former partner oligarch Mikhail Prokhorov, the head of the group of companies Onexim, has been detained and placed in the KGB detention center in Minsk, naviny.by reports with reference to the Russian site yodnews.ru.

 

A criminal case under Art. 159 p.4 of the Russian Criminal Code – “Fraud committed by an organized group or a large scale, or one that has deprived a citizen’s right to housing” – was launched against Mr Finsky in Russia. Under this article, he could get imprisonment for up to 10 years with a fine of up to 1 million Russian rubles.

At first, Mr Finsky was held in jail, then he was transferred to house arrest.

According to yodnews.ru, the businessman cut the electronic bracelet monitoring his movements and drove to Minsk in the car of the Prokhorov security service.

Mr Finsky came to Belarus with an allegedly false passport in the name of a Vlasov. He planned to fly from Minsk to Frankfurt, and from there – to Miami.

Russian investigators arrived in Minsk to collect Mr Finsky, but they were denied extradition of the detainee.

The State Security Committee of Belarus did not confirm or deny the information that Maxim Finsky was being held in jail, sputnik.by reports.

According to a source close to law enforcement authorities of Belarus, Mikhail Prokhorov personally went to Minsk to help his associate.

The press service of the Onexim group told yodnews.ru that the location of Maxim Finsky is currently unknown. They also explained that Mr Finsky is a member of the board of directors of Intergeo – and that is “the only way it is connected to Onexim.”

naviny.by, yodnews.ru, sputnik.by, belsat.eu/en/

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