MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russian tycoon Sergei Polonsky is suspected of embezzling 5.7 billion rubles. In the summer of 2013 the Investigative Department of the Russian Interior Ministry filed a charge of large scale fraud against the oligarch.
“Today the Investigative Department of the Russian Interior Ministry charged Polonsky with large-scale fraud. Right after that, in line with the law, he was questioned in his new status of a suspect,” Yelena Alexeyeva said.
Polonsky, one of Russia’s richest men in the past, was charged with multimillion dollar embezzlement back in 2013. He has in recent years resided in Cambodia.
After a Cambodian court suspended Polonsky’s extradition proceedings last year, Moscow repeated its request, and Polonsky was arrested on his private island in Cambodia earlier this week.
