New Sheremetyevo network verdict brings sentences of up to eighteen years
Kommersant reports a further verdict in the airport investigation: Dmitry Boglayev received eighteen years and Ruslan Khusenov seventeen. Five women were also convicted.
According to Kommersant, the Khimki court sentenced Dmitry Boglayev to eighteen years and Ruslan Khusenov to seventeen on 30 October, with a four-million-rouble fine for each. The case concerns a group accused of obtaining money from Sheremetyevo travellers, including Russian servicemen, through false stories of financial hardship.
The newspaper says Boglayev and Khusenov disputed leading this group within the criminal organisation. Five female co-defendants denied membership of the organisation but accepted the fraud allegation. Defence lawyers announced an appeal. This judgment follows the separate convictions of five taxi drivers and touts reported by Kommersant on 12 October.
The Khimki court convicted five taxi drivers and touts in a case involving theft of money from Russian servicemen at Sheremetyevo airport. Kommersant reported the judgment on 12 October. Depending on their roles, the men were convicted of participation in a criminal organisation and property crimes including extortion, robbery and large-scale fraud.
Ogsen Manukyan received seventeen years, Yusuf Tamalov twelve, Anvarjon Mallaev ten, Artur Yusupov nine and Denis Terekhov eight. Fines ranging from one to two million roubles were also imposed. This was the second judgment in the airport network case.
