21.   Reports from the prosecutorial agencies on the suspected financial crimes are expected this summer.

22.   Some financial crimes, such as income-tax fraud, and interstate-security fraud, fall only under federal law.

23.   Stories like this do not surprise those who counsel victims of financial crimes.

24.   The Finance Ministry is also pushing legislation that would raise fines for financial crimes like hindering investigations, insider trading and reimbursing clients for losses.

25.   The financial crimes agency declined to comment.

26.   The victims of financial crimes are a diverse lot.

27.   There is little regulation of financial companies, and Russian law is ill-equipped to deal with complex financial crimes.

28.   They now live in exile, accused by the government of financial crimes.

29.   This arrangement does not include the Customs Service, which conducts most border inspections, and the financial crimes units of the Treasury Department, which tracks money laundering.

30.   What is remarkable is that Reifler has been in and out of trouble for various financial crimes for most of his adult life.