Police investigate into fraud case at Ust-Luga port
General Director of Rosneftbunker, a customer-developer of the liquid bulk terminal at Ust-Luga port, applied to the regional Transport Police to file criminal charges against the building contractor.
The regional Interior Ministry of NW Federal District said the Transport Police Department’s investigator opened on May 17, 2011 a criminal case over fraud against the company that signed with Rosneftbunker the RUB 10 m contract for construction of some facilities at the port. The firm, headquartered in St. Petersburg, with Moscow office (allegedly a bogus company), the Contractor, breached the contract: nothing was built, the money disappeared.
According to investigators the head of the company (a 37-year old woman born in Kharkiv, now a resident of Moscow region) had misappropriated and embezzled over RUB 2 million transferred to the firm’s account by Rosneftbunker for completion of the building contract first phase. The woman, who is on the run now, turned out to be a crime fugitive wanted by Moscow investigators for similar fraudulent operations, the police department said.
Gunvor’s JSC Rosneftbunker is the customer-developer of the liquid bulk terminal at the port of Ust-Luga. The project worth some RUB 26bn will increase the terminal’s annual capacity to 30 million tons. The project is being implemented through a $200 million loan from Vnesheconombank. This year the terminal is expected to export about 10.11 million tons of oil products.
The regional Interior Ministry of NW Federal District said the Transport Police Department’s investigator opened on May 17, 2011 a criminal case over fraud against the company that signed with Rosneftbunker the RUB 10 m contract for construction of some facilities at the port. The firm, headquartered in St. Petersburg, with Moscow office (allegedly a bogus company), the Contractor, breached the contract: nothing was built, the money disappeared.
According to investigators the head of the company (a 37-year old woman born in Kharkiv, now a resident of Moscow region) had misappropriated and embezzled over RUB 2 million transferred to the firm’s account by Rosneftbunker for completion of the building contract first phase. The woman, who is on the run now, turned out to be a crime fugitive wanted by Moscow investigators for similar fraudulent operations, the police department said.
Gunvor’s JSC Rosneftbunker is the customer-developer of the liquid bulk terminal at the port of Ust-Luga. The project worth some RUB 26bn will increase the terminal’s annual capacity to 30 million tons. The project is being implemented through a $200 million loan from Vnesheconombank. This year the terminal is expected to export about 10.11 million tons of oil products.
