Overview
- Balashikha City Court records show the prosecutor filed an appellate challenge on December 8 to the convictions over the scheme involving Dolina’s Moscow home.
- Defense teams for the four convicted defendants have also appealed the sentences handed down late last month.
- The court sentenced the group to prison terms ranging from four to seven years and imposed fines, while also granting civil claims from two victims exceeding 12 million rubles.
- Judicial filings state buyer Polina Lurye paid a 1 million ruble earnest deposit with a handwritten receipt and the full 112 million ruble price, with title registered, but possession was not transferred and Dolina reported fraud to police.
- Lower courts voided the sale and restored ownership to Dolina, Lurye petitioned the Supreme Court, and official documents note Dolina described the apartment as her family’s primary residence.