The lawyer of Sakhalin businessman Oleg Kan, accused of creating a criminal community, smuggling live crabs worth more than 2.6 billion rubles and tax evasion, has filed a request to dismiss the criminal case related to the death of the “crab king”. This was reported by RIA Novosti correspondent from the Frunzensky District Court of Vladivostok.
“Petition… to terminate the criminal case against OK Kan… regarding… the death of… (editor's note)… The facts of the death have been established and registered on the territory of the Russian Federation,” the lawyer said during the trial.
The defense lawyer also provided a document from Kan's sister, in which Kan's sister agreed to end the criminal case – a document required from the defendant's relatives in case of his death. Kan left Russia and was placed on the international wanted list, and was sentenced in absentia to 17 years for organizing a murder for hire.
In May, a lawyer published information about Kahn's death in the UK, but the Russian Prosecutor General's Office called it “staged”. At the end of October, the prosecution demanded that Oleg Kan receive a total of 24 years in prison and a fine of 5 million rubles. According to the investigation, the fishmonger and his accomplices were involved in smuggling crabs from the Russian Federation to Asian countries from 2014 to 2019. We are talking about China, Japan and South Korea.
In total, the criminal group exported seafood delicacies with a total value of 2.6 billion rubles. In this case, the goods are shipped at one price but declared at a reduced price. While carrying out this plot, Kan and his accomplices evaded paying customs taxes in the amount of about 9.3 million rubles.
