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The Ministry of justice wants to change the list of financial organizations for false reporting which provides for criminal liability, informs on Thursday a press-service of the Ministry.
According to the press service, the Ministry of justice is preparing amendments to article 172.1 (falsification of financial documents of accounting of financial organizations) of the criminal code, and article 160.1 (action to enforce a civil claim) and 165 (judicial procedure for obtaining permission for the execution of investigative actions) of the criminal procedure code.
The Ministry explained that now for falsifying financial records and statements of the individual financial institutions set liability in article 172.1 of the criminal code, but the list of financial institutions in accordance with this article and with the law on the Central Bank and insolvency are not the same: under article of the criminal code are not subject to non-Bank financial institutions such as credit rating agencies, housing savings cooperatives, private pension funds, pawnshops.
“The project is proposed to clarify the list of financial institutions for the purposes of article 172.1 of the Criminal code of the Russian Federation, as well as to provide for mandatory appointment of additional punishment in the form of deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or engage in certain activities,” — said in the message.
In addition, it is proposed to amend the code of Criminal procedure of the Russian Federation aimed at the reduction of terms of seizure of property of the suspect, the accused, and to regulate the actions of an investigator (the investigator) in the case of finding such property on the territory of a foreign state, according to the Ministry of justice.