OREANDA-NEWS. December 05, 2014. A suspect has been arrested in the case of the armed robbery of a Sberbank branch in Yaroslavl. The robbery took place on September 30, 2014. Armed with a pistol, the criminal threatened a client who was in the bank at the time and stole their money.

Yaroslavl Region police officers arrested the suspect when he was attempting to carry out an armed robbery on a petrol station in the Yaroslavl Region. The detainee made a confession regarding the Sberbank robbery.

The criminal has been remanded in custody, a criminal case has been initiated, and an investigation is underway involving law enforcement agents and Sberbank’s Security Division.

Sberbank’s Security Division cooperates closely with law enforcement agencies and expert organisations to curb crime against the bank’s employees, clients and property. This cooperation results in solving such crimes quickly and efficiently and bringing criminals to justice.