Moscow City Court has decided to soften the punishment antique Tatiana and Igor Preobrazhensky, convicted for trafficking in counterfeit paintings

Moscow City Court has decided to soften the punishment antique Tatiana and Igor Preobrazhensky, convicted for trafficking in counterfeit paintings, reported on Monday said the head of the press service of the court. According to her, Tatiana Preobrazhenskaya sentence reduced from nine to five and a half years' imprisonment, Igor Preobrazhensky - from eight to five years.

Spouses Preobrazhensky in August 2008 were found to Tverskoy court in Moscow convicted of fraud and theft of items from historical value . Tatiana Transfiguration - the owner of LLC «Russian collection» - was also found guilty of tax evasion. Preobrazhensky were sentenced to prison, and recovery for the plaintiff 21 million 660 thousand rubles. To compensate property Preobrazhensky, including 54 paintings, was confiscated.

According to the investigation, Tatiana and Igor Preobrazhensky sold paintings known European authors under the guise of works by famous Russian artists. In the sentence stating that in such a way antique carried five fake paintings in the total amount of 730 thousand U.S. dollars. Preobrazhensky Spouses were also found guilty of kidnapping figure painter Konstantin Makovsky «Nude with timbrel», estimated at 831 thousand rubles.

Defendants flatly denied his guilt, but after the verdict Tatiana Preobrazhenskaya said that it would appeal against it in all possible forums, including the court in Strasbourg. According to her, the criminal case was completely fabricated in order to capture her company for Trade antiques.

Source : lenta.ru