Alfa Bank and the FSB continue to take measures to combat financial crime
21 Nov 2003
Today agents of the Federal Security Service (FSB) took away documents from Alfa Bank's central office (Moscow, Akademik Sakharov Prospekt 12), in the course of an investigation into the activities of several clients of Alfa Bank's branch in St Petersburg.
In September 2003, the FSB administration in St Petersburg and the Leningrad region carried out investigations into possible criminal activities by several Alfa Bank clients suspected of financial violations. At the same time, the Economic Security Service, in co-operation with Alfa Bank's Internal Control Department, made checks into the possible involvement of staff and management of the St Petersburg branch in illegal operations, in particular, illegal reclaiming of VAT.
Alfa Bank's chairman Rushan Khvesyuk stated that Alfa Bank is ready to supply any necessary information and co-operate with the law enforcement agencies to jointly uncover and prevent illegal financial operations. Mr Khvesyuk emphasized:
As already reported, the St Petersburg branch is now in the process of a structural reorganization aimed at increasing the effectiveness of all the branch's subdivisions, as a result of which several new positions are being introduced. In accordance with the branch's new organizational structure, an administrative directorate and directorates for corporate and retail business have been created.
The administrative directorate will be headed by Andrei Kurbatov. Previously Mr Kurbatov occupied the position of first assistant manager of the Judicial Department at Alfa Bank's central office in Moscow. Boris Medovoy has been appointed as the director of corporate business. Previously Mr Medovoy worked as director of work with corporate clients in Moscow and the Moscow region, at Alfa's Bank's central office. Dmitry Tsymlyakov has been appointed as the director of retail business. Previously he worked as assistant manager of Alfa Bank's St Petersburg branch.
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