Punishment For White-Collar Crime Softened By Alexei Nikolsky, Natalya Kostenko and Lilia Biryukova Vedomosti Published: June 16, 2011 (Issue # 1660) MOSCOW — New changes to the Criminal Code will enable white-collar criminals to buy their way out of trouble. The cost: five times the amount of damages inflicted, capped at 15 million rubles ($535,000), from each convicted person, paid to the federal budget. […]