Illegal currency transactions were discovered by the staff of the Volga customs electronic

The criminal case was filed, the staff of the Volga customs for electronic part 2. article 193.1. The criminal code (“perform foreign exchange transactions for the remittance of funds in foreign currency or the currency of the Russian Federation to the accounts of non-residents using falsified documents in especially large size”).

A criminal case against unidentified persons from among the leaders of one of the Nizhny Novgorod firms.

The leadership of the company in 2018 entered into contracts with foreign companies located in the Kyrgyz Republic for the supply of textiles to the territory of the Russian Federation.

All were transferred to the Bank accounts of foreign companies cash in foreign currency for a total of 23 059 750 rubles (330,79 thousand US dollars).

The Bank was filed knowingly false information as to the reasons and purpose of transfers made in especially large size. In addition, the Bank was provided false documents on arrival of the goods to Russia.

However, the goods into the territory of the Russian Federation in some contract terms were not imported. With carriers contracts for the movement of goods in Russia, too was not.

The transaction was only a basis for conducting illegal currency operations aimed at withdrawing funds from the Russian Federation without any security and the possibility of their return.

Based on all obtained data, Volga e-customs had opened a criminal case on signs of the crime, responsibility for which is provided in subsection “a” of part 2 of article 193.1 of the criminal code. Are now carried out urgent investigative actions.

Department of public relations vocational school