Dmitry Domani served time for embezzlement of 44 million rubles from the Russian Basketball FederationThe Petushin District Court of the Vladimir region ordered the early release of Dmitry Domani, a former basketball player of the Russian national basketball team and former executive director of the Russian Basketball Federation (RFB), who stole 44 million rubles from the organization.
“The court granted Domani’s application for parole from serving his sentence,” Levina said. At the same time, according to her, the prosecutor’s office opposed the release of the basketball player. In this regard, it is possible that the prosecution will appeal his early release. The information about The satisfaction of Domani’s application for parole was confirmed by a representative of the Petushin District Court, RIA Novosti reports.
On October 16, 2019, the Chertanovsky Court in Moscow sentenced Domani to six years in a general regime colony. The basketball player, who from 2013 to 2015 combined the positions of executive director of the RFB and general manager of the Russian national team, was found guilty of embezzling 44 million rubles from the federation.
In May 2020, the Moscow City Court commuted the sentence of the basketball player, replacing six years of the colony with four. According to investigators, from 2014 to 2015 Domani, RFB President Yulia Anikeeva and the federation’s chief accountant Mikhail Kocharian embezzled 127 million rubles. At the same time, the federation’s services were provided by companies owned by the RFB leaders themselves or their relatives.
In 2016, Domani was charged with fraud, and later the ex-basketball player was wanted by Interpol. In April 2018, he was detained in Montenegro, in May the court authorized The arrest of Domani, in October he was extradited to the Russian side. Anikeeva was sentenced to four and a half years in a general regime colony in October 2017. The former president of the RFB escaped from the investigation, and she was put on the wanted list. In September 2019, the Simonovsky Court of Moscow charged Anikeeva 43 million rubles.
Kocharian died in October 2016 and the case against him was closed. As part of the Russian national team, Domani won two silver medals at the World Championships. For the national team, he played as a light forward.
At the club level, Domani became the champion of Russia three times as a member of CSKA, where he was the team captain. After spending five years in the army club, he moved to the capital Dynamo. With the “white and blue” basketball player won the ULEB Cup.