Russian opposition leader Navalny Investigate Fraud
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Navalny and his sister "embezzling 55 million rubles (about Rp17, 2 billion) from a trading company" and send some money to other companies owned by them to commit money laundering, according to the Russian Investigative Committee (SK).
Alexei Navalny founded a company several years ago, and his younger brother Oleg "fraudulent use" to convince the company to sign a trade agreement cargo delivery service to the company, in its capacity as an official Russian Post, the Russian postal service monopolies.
Service delivery is provided "intentionally priced binding" according to the deal, said the investigators, and the company has another company that does contract from August 2008 until May 2011.
Her sister then "send 19 million rubles (approximately Rp 5, 95 billion) from the company's account by using the document fiction" to account for the other "laundering money they earn in the wrong way," according to the statement.
Navalny, one of Russia's political opposition leader known for his campaign against corruption in his blog, seems surprised on Friday.
Investigative Committee opened the financial case against Navalny. He is accused of causing a loss of about 16 million rubles (approximately Rp 5, 01 billion) budget for the Kirov region, when he advised local officials in a deal.
