Using his position, Mr Zhitlov, when making property transactions, stole a total of over 246 m roubles. In particular, there is an issue concerning a building in Barnaul, which cost the bank 750 m roubles whereas its market price is just 500 m roubles.
At present, Alexey Zhitlov is under travel restrictions. The investigators are establishing which other persons are involved in this theft or others.
“Alfa-Bank” is the largest private commercial bank in Russia, founded in 1990. It also operates in seven countries, and is especially actively in Ukraine.