Entrepreneur of Buryatia faces a criminal sentence for money laundering and smuggling of forest

Buryat customs has opened a criminal case against the head of the company, which was organized by the forest smuggling and money laundering obtained by criminal means.

The businessman operated as part of an organized criminal group, which in addition to the Russians consisted of three citizens of China. The criminal group was acquired illegally harvested softwood and later illegally exported to China, making the Declaration of fictitious information about the origin of the goods. From June 2017 to August 2018 smuggled to China attackers took more than 6.7 thousand cubic meters of lumber from pine to 26 million rubles. Of these, about 10 million roubles the businessman has illegally legalized through various financial transactions to give them a legitimate origin than has provided to itself the opportunity to dispose of money at own discretion.

Buryat customs has opened a criminal case against the head of the company under article 174.1 “Legalization of money resources in especially large size, obtained through the Commission of the crime.”

The sanction of article provides for imprisonment up to 7 years with a fine of up to 1 million rubles.

Evgeny Kurbatov

press Secretary of the Buryat customs

tel: (3012) 289 078