Ex-contractor of Vostochny cosmodrome who owes his subordinates $243k arrested in absentia

At the same time, Vitaly Ginzburg drives a Maserati.

The Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow has arrested former contractor of the Vostochny cosmodrome and Head of Ekonomicheskie Programmy LLC Vitaly Ginzburg in absentia. He is charged with embezzlement on an especially large scale. Now the suspect has also been put on the international wanted list, TASS reports.

Ginzburg is accused of Appropriation or Embezzlement on an Especially Large Scale (part 4 of Art. 160 of the Russian Criminal Code. The details of the case are not reported.

It is known that the defendant had been previously brought to justice as part of a case of non-payment of salary to his subordinates in the amount of more than 16 million rubles ($243,168). At the same time, during the investigation, the court seized a Maserati belonging to him.

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