A Novosibirsk exporting firm violated currency laws to the tune of more than $77,000

Novosibirsk customs initiated 3 criminal cases under part 2 of article 193.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation against two managers of a firm engaged in foreign trade operations. Customs officers found that with the help of false documents containing false information about the purpose of the transfer, under the guise of a contract for the purchase of imported goods, the attackers took abroad more than 77 thousand dollars. The investigation is ongoing

In 2023, customs authorities of Siberia initiated 28 criminal cases under article 193.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Committing currency transactions on the transfer of funds in foreign currency or the currency of the Russian Federation to the accounts of non-residents using false documents. This is 7 cases more than in the same period last year. Criminal cases of this category were initiated by Novosibirsk (13), Omsk (11), Kemerovo (2) and Altai (2) customs. The damage from such crimes detected by customs officers amounted to more than 338 million rubles