A major Belarusian private pharmaceutical enterprise

A former company CEO was facing a criminal on suspicion of official crime due to a major transaction involving purchase of real estate. Due to our successful protection measures, the criminal case was terminated at the stage of preliminary investigation due to absence of component of crime.

We conducted an intracorporate investigation of embezzlement and excess of office power as part of company’s internal audit commission. We prepared an expert opinion. On the basis of our expert opinion, a criminal case was initiated on suspicion of official crime against former company director, and the claimant was acknowledged as the civil plaintiff in the criminal case.

A criminal case was initiated against the company owner on suspicion of giving bribes to officials:  •    for the purpose of positive expert evaluation with respect to registration of pharmaceuticals •    for the purpose of unhindered realisation of pharmaceuticals in the territory of the Republic of Belarus (p. 2 art. 431 of the Criminal Code, due to recurrence) In the Republic of Belarus, the ratio of absolutory sentences in such cases is only about 1%. Due to defence’s activities, the court absolutely acquitted the charged official in one episode. The other episode was re-qualified for p. 1 art. 431 (crime without recurrence).  Period under guard during the preliminary investigation and during the legal investigation was accounted as a partial term for servicing punishment, and on the day of judgment the defendant was released from under guard in the court room.