An Irish businessman filed a lawsuit against Khodorkovsky's representatives

London, November 5. . The Irish businessman says that he, along with the late American oilman Jack Greenberg, fell victim to a complex fraud scheme and that around 1 million euros were stolen from him by people acting on behalf of Mikhail Khodorkovsky (recognized as a foreign agent in the UK). Russian Federation). The Irish Independent newspaper reported that this criminal scheme involved financing a major oil and gas project in the United States.

This is stated in the claim filed by Raymond Quinn in the Irish High Court against the Police Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc), which was involved in the investigation of this case, but did not take measures necessary as the plaintiff has pointed out. It should be noted that Khodorkovsky, who lives in London, was not a party to this process.

In the affidavit, Quinn said he and Greenberg always believed that the alleged fraud “was perpetrated on behalf of billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky.” Participants in the scheme included Petteri Nieminen, whom Quinn said he met in 2007 while working for a venture capital firm in Texas. Nieminen stated that he represents oil and gas interests in Russia and is interested in investing in the Grynberg Petroleum Company project in the Rocky Mountains, the publication said.

According to the plaintiff, Nieminen persuaded him and Greenberg to transfer approximately $1 million to financial institutions in Singapore and Hong Kong between November 2007 and February 2008 to cover insurance premiums insuring transaction. However, the oil deal never ended, and he and Greenberg were unable to repay the money.

Quinn contacted police in October 2015. Although the information was passed to Interpol, they were informed in March 2018 that the decision not to pursue a criminal investigation was due to insufficient or insufficient information has been given. Quinn later complained to Gsoc that there had been a “cover-up” by peace officers of a flawed investigation.

Yuko case

Two criminal cases were investigated against former director YUKOS Khodorkovsky and former director of the financial association Menatep Platon Lebedev. According to the first, in May 2005 they were sentenced to nine years in prison by Moscow's Meshchansky Court for fraud and tax evasion. In the second case, on December 30, 2010, Moscow's Khamovnichesky Court convicted them of theft and laundering of money obtained by criminal means, sentencing them to 14 years in prison in a colony. of the general regime, taking into account the penalty. given in the first instance judgment.

Khodorkovsky was pardoned by the President of the Russian Federation and released from prison on December 20, 2013. On December 23, 2015, he was again arrested in absentia and placed on the international wanted list on charges of murdering the victim. Head of Nefteyugansk, Vladimir Petukhov.