The criminal case against Russian entrepreneur Andrei Kakovkin, one of the fugitive Russian businessmen evading Russian justice in the United Kingdom, was closed on Monday by investigators, the press service of Russian Business Ombudsman Boris Titov said.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 27th August, 2018) The criminal case against Russian entrepreneur Andrei Kakovkin, one of the fugitive Russian businessmen evading Russian justice in the United Kingdom, was closed on Monday by investigators, the press service of Russian business Ombudsman Boris Titov said.
In February, Titov named Russian businesspeople who had fled to the United Kingdom under criminal accusations but were willing to return to their homeland. The same month, Kakovkin became the first businessman on the list to return to Russia.
"The investigation department ... closed the criminal proceedings against Trading House Grif limited liability company's founder and director Andrei Kakovkin. During the investigation his involvement in the offense has not been confirmed," the statement said.
Kakovkin was suspected of fraud and embezzlement of another company's funds. Alexander Baskakov, another suspect in the case, was sentenced to six years of imprisonment in March 2017.
