The Client’s funds and property were attached without good reason during pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings. Furthermore, the Client was not informed of the suspicion, he was not interviewed as a witness, even the submissions were not made. Total value of the property exceeded one million US dollars. We analysed the materials in criminal proceedings and found that the attachment was imposed in gross violation of criminal procedural law. It was evident that the decision of the investigating judge on imposing the attachment was unlawful, groundless and adopted in violation of procedural law based on an inconsistent conclusion that there exist grounds to view the attached property as evidence of crime that should be subject to special confiscation from the suspect, accused, convicted, third party, or a legal entity in order to secure a civil lawsuit, collect from the legal entity the unlawful benefit received, or attach the property. Furthermore, the decision did not take into account consequences of the attachment of property for other persons.

Based on the results of the analysis, we defined a number of potential developments and prepared a strategy to protect the Client. We also developed an algorithm aimed to protect Client’s interests.