The court confirmed the arrest in absentia of the producer of "Tender May" in a fraud case

The Moscow City Court has declared lawful the arrest in absentia of Andrei Razin, producer of the band "Tender May", in a case of fraud on an especially large scale. This was reported on February 19 by a correspondent of Izvestia from the courtroom.

It is noted that the defense asked to cancel the decision of the court of first instance and will appoint a new trial. The lawyer indicated that Razin was abroad due to his health condition. The prosecutor asked to leave the decision unchanged.

Razin is charged with Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud on an especially large scale"). He faces up to 10 years in prison.

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The demand of the state prosecution was influenced by a large number of episodes in the fraud case, experts believe.

Razin's former driver confirmed to the investigation on December 3 last year that his employer lives in the United States. Razin later left Russia after a criminal case was initiated.

Lawyer Assel Mukhtarova-Kazarnovskaya informed Izvestia on November 24 that Razin had been charged with fraud on an especially large scale. According to the investigation, the producer for a long time used a fake contract with the author of the songs "Tender May" Sergey Kuznetsov and received money as the copyright holder. The poet's widow was recognized as a victim in the case. On the same day, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation put Razin on the wanted list, and the material damage in the criminal case against him amounted to about 500 million rubles.

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