Case antique finished. 9 years of strict regime colony
 

In the course of history, raised here http://forum.artinvestment.ru/showthread.php?t=2805. But what has become known to the finale - 9 years of the colony. http://top.rbc.ru/society/06/08/2008/215695.shtml

Tver district court in Moscow sentenced the owner of the gallery "Russian Collection" Transfiguration Tatiana and her husband Igor Transfiguration to 9 and 8.5 years in strict regime colony, respectively. The couple were charged with selling forged paintings, stealing a figure painter Konstantin Makovsky and tax evasion amounting to 4.7 million rubles.

The court also decided to recover from the convicted 21.6 million rubles. in favor of the claim of the victim - a co-owner of the company "Elex Polus" Valeria Uzzhina.

Transfiguration found guilty on st.159 (fraud committed by an organized group of especially large size), st.164 (theft of items of artistic and historic value), st.199 (tax evasion) of the Criminal Code.

Yes-ah-ah, all have something zadumatsa ...: rolleyes:

The verdict of some excessively cruel. Significantly, perhaps.

Not agree. Articles by themselves sufficient severity (one item. 164 what is, and then to 164, I think the whole episode was one), and operate these articles well enough, the practice of investigative and judiciary are. In an information link is not part of the OFAC relevant articles of the Criminal Code, which establish the offense, but considering the amount of talking in the message, I believe that the offenses were either serious or moderate severity.

Legally, probably it is. But on the other hand, killed no one, not crippled, home is not delivered, so the question is philosophical gravity here ...

:) Well, why do philosophical, just criminal, it is in the Criminal Code, we find the definition of grave and especially grave crimes ...

All the same, only with the details
 

property Preobrazhensky, including nearly a hundred paintings and prints from the gallery of Russian Collection, go to damages Uzzhinu: the court ruled in his favor to collect 21,6 million rubles. With regard to the paintings found false, they are under court order, should be destroyed, as the victim expressed no desire to pick them up.

Yesterday at the RBC has been reported that the time was reduced to 5,5 and 5. But the news immediately disappeared somewhere.

As a result, I hope these unfortunate "nominated" would soon be released.