Theft of $230m from the Russian budget

 Application by Hermitage Capital to the Russian Presidential Anti-Corruption Committee about the abuse of office by Interior Ministry officials and the theft of the Hermitage Fund’s investment companies (28 May 2008)
Complaint from Hermitage Capital to the Russian Presidential Anti-Corruption Committee, in which Hermitage Capital complains about the reluctance of law enforcement agencies to investigate the theft of the Hermitage Fund’s Russian investment companies, some of the largest taxpayers in the country. The complaint further alleges that the motive of perpetrators and those officials who help to cover up the theft of the Hermitage companies may have been to steal previously paid taxes from the state. The complaint requested that the Anti-Corruption Committee investigate and intervene.
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 Complaint on the theft of $230 million of taxes earlier paid by the three investment companies of the Hermitage Fund and the absence of any investigation into the theft of the Hermitage Fund’s companies, filed with the Investigative Committee of the General Prosecutor’s Office (Bastrykin) (23 July 2008)

Complaint filed by the Hermitage Fund with the Investigative Committee of the Russian General Prosecutor’s Office, in which the Hermitage Fund notifies law enforcement authorities about the discovery by Hermitage and HSBC (the Hermitage Fund’s trustee), of the theft of budget funds by means of a fraudulent refund of over 5.4 billion rubles ($230 million) in taxes previously paid by the Hermitage Fund companies. The complaint also sets forth the role of officials from the Moscow City Tax Inspectorates Nos. 25 and 28 who approved these refunds in a matter of a single day by accepting the falsified tax declaration submitted by the criminals.
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Complaint on the theft of $230 million of taxes paid by the three Hermitage Fund investment companies and the absence of any investigation into the theft of the Hermitage Fund’s companies by the Interior Ministry officers and their accomplices, filed with the General Prosecutor’s Office (Chaika) (23 July 2008)

Complaint filed by the Hermitage Fund with the Investigative Committee of the Russian General Prosecutor’s Office in which the Hermitage Fund notifies the law enforcement authorities about the discovery by Hermitage and HSBC (the Hermitage Fund’s trustee) of the theft of budget funds by means of a fraudulent refund of taxes previously paid by the Hermitage Fund companies in the amount of over 5.4 billion rubles ($230 million). The complaint also sets forth the role of officials from the Moscow City Tax Inspectorates Nos. 25 and 28 who approved these refunds in a single day by accepting the falsified tax declarations submitted by the criminals.

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