The second cassation court of General jurisdiction granted the complaint of lawyer Alexander Pogodin by way of selective cassation and changed the verdict of Nagatinsky district court of Moscow. A sentence for 4 years in prison, the person convicted of fraud received, was replaced from real to conditional. It was found that poverty pushed the Defendant to forge documents to obtain tax deductions for the purchase of housing. The court took into account remorse, insignificance of damage (249 thousand rubles), the fact that it was fully compensated, as well as the presence of the Defendant’s children. The Defendant was defended by Alexander Pogodin, lawyer, Deputy head of MCBA “Bureau of Lawyers “De jure”.
By the decision of the Eighth Arbitration Court of Appeal, the Bank’s complaint was satisfied and the ruling of the court of the first instance on the refusal to declare the transaction invalidated was canceled. The Bank’s transaction was declared invalid, and more than 1.3 million rubles were returned to the bankruptcy estate. The Plaintiff’s interests were represented by Roman Volkomorov, lawyer of MCBA “Bureau of Lawyers “De jure”.
The Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal overturned the decision to recover debt in the amount of 1.9 million rubles from the Defendant in favor of Mosenergosbyt. Based on the arguments of the Defendant’s appeal, the court proceeded to consider the case under the rules of the first instance. The interests of the Defendant were defended by lawyer Rashid Gitinov.