Murderer of Smolensk Bank top manager and his family found in Belarus

Investigators have identified the alleged killer of the former top manager of the Smolensk Bank, Mikhail Yakhontov, his wife and eight-year-old son. The possible killer is located in Belarus, writes TASS.

According to media reports, law enforcement agencies are making efforts to arrest the possible killer. At the same time, RIA Novosti clarifiesthat he has already been detained. A number of Telegram channels, without references to sources, write that the name of the alleged criminal is Skripnik, he could have been tracked by traffic cameras.

The bodies of Mikhail Yakhontov, his wife and young son with traces of violent death were found in their apartment on Mosfilmovskaya Street. This was announced the day before by the Investigative Committee. Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article “Murder of two or more persons.”

In 2016, the Tverskoy District Court sentenced Mikhail Yakhontov to six years in prison. He was found guilty of gross embezzlement and willful bankruptcy of a credit institution. At a former banker It was 8.5 billion rubles in debt (including more than 2 billion rubles in a civil suit of depositors of the “Smolensk Bank”), he declared himself bankrupt.