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Court hands Airiston Helmi's main defendant suspended sentence, case likely to be appealed

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Court handed main defendant, Russian businessman Pavel Melnikov , an 18-month suspended sentence.

Melnikov found guilty of aggravated tax fraud and aggravated accounting fraud.

Court dismissed charges against four other defendants, as well as the Airiston Helmi company itself.

The case first came to light in the autumn of 2018 , when law enforcement officers carried out a spectacular raid of properties in the Turku Archipelago .

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