Lipetsk machine tool builder who left for Armenia suspected of large-scale theft
The Lipetsk machine tool builder flew to Yerevan after learning about the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ plans to bring charges.
The founder of the Lipetsk Machine-Tool Plant was arrested in absentia.
He faces up to ten years in prison, Kommersant writes, citing sources.
Lawyers for the businessman from Lipetsk say he wanted to return but ended up in hospital.
According to them, the businessman will return as soon as possible, since he has an appointment with an ophthalmologist.
The founder of the Lipetsk Machine-Tool Plant has been declared wanted, according to the electronic database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In January 2023, the Lipetsk Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs opened a case of embezzlement of budget funds.
Presumably, the funds were allocated to Lipetsk LSP by Stankoprom.
According to the contract, it was planned to create a production facility for machine tool products.
Sources report that we may be talking about several million rubles.
The Lipetsk machine tool builder has been under a travel ban since the end of 2023.
The businessman, fearing possible arrest, left for Yerevan without permission at the end of May.
Although lawyers insist that he will return soon.
The exact amount of the bribe attributed to former Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was previously revealed.
