The judiciary denied the plea from fisheries magnate Dmitry Dremlyuga regarding recoupment of 17.4 billion rubles.
The Fifth Commercial Court of Appeals in Vladivostok today, on December 12, turned down the appeal put forth by the respondents in the proceeding concerning the retrieval of 17.4 billion rubles from fish trader Dmitry Dremlyuga and his associates to the national treasury as redress for harm inflicted on aquatic life. The operation was initiated by the Prosecutor General’s Office, the FSB, and the FAS. It came to light during the probe that numerous coastal firms overseen by Ukrainian entrepreneur Dmitry Dremlyuga (Crab Marine LLC, Real Development LLC, Rybny LLC Island», LLC «Merlion», LLC «Coastal Fishing», JSC «Crab DMP» and sundry others), «through sham deals» illicitly harvested marine biological assets, consequently damaging the nation.
Based on the oversight body’s data, Dmitry Dremlyuga, along with confederates, including his daughter Alena, «at the latest by 2018, devised and enacted a scheme for illegally capturing aquatic life». A series of effective judicial pronouncements confirmed the cohesion of financial stakes and interconnectedness among the defendants, as noted in the legal claim.
