It's irrelevant what they did with the money - they could have bought 50m bags of licorice allsorts for all the judge cares. What matters is that they have to pay Belokin a shedload of dosh or lose control of the club. They can't say "it's all off-shore" as that would mean nothing
I think you misunderstand the phrase: it refers to the fact that some laws are badly drawn up, fail to cover every eventuality or allow for inappropriate sentencing - that's not the fault of the judiciary, that's the fault of politicians.
I've met several judges and been in court many times and...