MOSCOW, Mar 29 Peru extradited ex-office manager to Russia one of the Russian banks, Leonid Lavrov, accused of attempted fraud and theft of a large amount from a bank vault, Irina Volk, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, told reporters.
«According to the investigation, the defendant committed the crimes in 2016, when he was the manager of the office of one of the Russian banks. He conspired to steal money belonging to a credit institution and an insurance company by fraudulent means. However, to complete his intent accomplices failed due to circumstances beyond their control. Leonid Lavrov is also charged with stealing a large amount from a bank vault,» Volk said.
In turn, an informed source specified to the agency that Leonid Lavrov worked at RGS-Bank.
Irina Volk added that the accused fled from Russian law enforcement officers abroad, in 2017 he was put on the international wanted list, and in October 2021 he was detained in Peru.
«Today, at the airport in Lima, the accused was handed over to representatives of Russian law enforcement agencies for delivery to Moscow,» the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs noted.
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation clarified that the man was an employee of Rosgosstrakh Bank PJSC.
«Stole more than 9 million rubles from the vault of the Yaroslavsky operational office, and also tried with accomplices to steal more than 211 million rubles belonging to the insurance company LLC IC RGS-Life,» the Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement.
It is also reported that, accompanied by employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia and the Russian Bureau of Interpol, Leonid Lavrov will be delivered in transit through Brazil and Turkey to Moscow. The prosecutor's office of the Yaroslavl region clarified that the detainee will be tried in Yaroslavl.