Last Updated: January 19, 2026

Olga Germanovna STEPANOVA

Aliases

Olga Hermanovna STEPANOVA

Position

Previous Head of Tax Office no. 28

Nationality

Russia

DoB

1962-07-29

Official reason

In December 2007, an organised criminal group was involved in serious corruption through the misappropriation of the equivalent of $230m of Russian state property via a complex scheme involving a fraudulent tax rebate. STEPANOVA participated in the serious corruption through her approval of part of the fraudulent tax rebate. She was responsible for...

Other Information

Wife of Vladlen STEPANOV at the time of the serious corruption The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Date of listing

2021-04-26

Program information

Authority

UK

Program

The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021

Regime

UK horizontal

Target State

Anti-Corruption

Measures

Asset freeze and making available provisions, Travel bans

Sanctions Portfolio

• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...

Official Information

The Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 put in place sanctions measures to prevent and combat serious corruption. These regulations have replaced the Misappropriation (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 concerning misappropriation of State funds from any country outside the UK. Those persons who are designated under this regime a...

Additional Details

Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 5 of the Regulations.

Program URL

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/488