Anton Astakhov, son of the former children’s ombudsman Pavel Astakhov, was sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony. He was found guilty in the case of a scam with loans from a Saratov bank for 75 million rubles.
Initially, Astakhov was involved in a common embezzlement case at the Saratov NVKbank, along with 14 of his top managers. The amount of damage was called 1.2 billion rubles – then it increased to 2.9. But then Anton began to be judged separately.
According to the investigation, he participated in a criminal scheme: using his last name and connections, he helped the director of Omega LLC to obtain and steal loans issued by NVKbank. To drive them through his company. Astakhov was accused under an article on fraud on an especially large scale. He himself does not admit guilt.
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