Convicted in the case of Antiquaries "was released to freedom

[SergeiSK]

Vladimir City Court decided to parole convicted in the case of Antiquaries "Tatiana Transfiguration, the newspaper Kommersant. Her husband, Igor, who was sentenced to imprisonment in the same case, will remain behind bars.
Spouses of Transfiguration in August 2008 were found Tver court in Moscow convicted of fraud and theft of items of historical value. Tatiana Transfiguration - the owner of the LLC "Russian Collection" - also was found guilty of tax evasion.
Preobrazhensky sentenced to prison terms and penalties in favor of the plaintiff's 21 million 660 thousand rubles. To compensate property Preobrazhensky, including 54 paintings, was confiscated.
Later, the Moscow City Court reduced the sentence to spouses: Tatiana Transfiguration sentence was reduced from nine to five and a half years imprisonment, Igor Transfiguration - from eight to five years.
According to investigators, Tatiana and Igor Preobrazhensky sold pictures of little-known European authors under the guise of works of famous Russian artists. According to the sentence, thus antiquarians have implemented five fake paintings valued at 730 thousand dollars. Also, the couple were found guilty of kidnapping figure painter Konstantin Makovsky's "Nude with a tambourine, estimated at 831 thousand rubles.
The defendants categorically denied his guilt, and after sentencing Tatiana Preobrazhenskaya said he would challenge it in all possible instances, including the court in Strasbourg. This, as it says, Preobrazhenskaya will soon release.
(Lenta.ru)