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Detectives and laundresses
In the case of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs accused of bribery, a trace of “laundered” billions was discovered
The Basmanny Court of Moscow recently extended the arrest of four defendants in the scandalous case of extorting 1.5 million euros from the first vice-president of Commercial Bank Industrial Credit Bank LLC (Increditbank) and the general director of the Spartak hockey club Pyotr Chuvilin. The accused are two employees of the central apparatus of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (both with the rank of majors) - deputy head of the 7th department of the 10th Operational Investigation Bureau (anti-corruption) Dmitry Tselyakov and the detective officer for particularly important cases of the 4th department 8 1st ORB of the Department of Economic Security Alexander Nosenko, as well as their alleged accomplices - citizens of Lithuania Vadimas Kastuevas and Alexandras Bidenko. As Vremya Novostei managed to find out, the case is not just about extorting a bribe for stopping bank inspections. It turned out that the notorious financier Evgeny Dvoskin, who is wanted both here and in the United States, may be related to this story.The history of this case began in April of this year, when Mr. Chuvilin turned to the FSB with a statement of extortion of 1.5 million euros . From his explanation it followed that he had known Tselyakov and Nosenko for a long time - the operatives had more than once engaged him as a consultant in the investigation of cases related to bank fraud. In particular, as it turned out, he helped detectives in investigating the activities of the famous international financial fraudster, a native of Odessa, Evgeniy Dvoskin (aka Slusker, Altman, Shuster, Kozin, Lozin).
The latter, according to detectives and Mr. Chuvilin, was involved in scams involving cashing out and withdrawing millions of dollars abroad through a system that involved about 40 banks (BIC Bank, European Settlement Bank, Investcombank, Belcom, Migros were mentioned). ", Alliance Bank, Falcon", "Yaroslav KB", "Antares", "Rubin", etc.). It is assumed that Mr. Dvoskin bought a “disposable” bank for 4--5 million dollars, pumped billions through it, received his “interest” (usually about 20-30 million dollars), after which the bank was declared insolvent and his license was taken away. Then he bought a new bank and acted according to the same scheme. At one time, the Investigative Committee (IC) under the Ministry of Internal Affairs opened a case of fraud against Dvoskin. And then in the United States he was accused of securities fraud and laundering $2 million. Recently, Mr. Dvoskin was detained in Monaco, and the issue of his extradition to either Russia or the United States is now being decided.
As follows from Mr. Chuvilin’s explanations, in September 2007, Evgeniy Dvoskin presented him with claims that he was allegedly helping the special services in exposing him, after which an unscheduled inspection came to Increditbank. As a result, the bank was given an order to suspend its powers in the field of attracting customer deposits. Regular clients of the bank learned about this situation, and he began to receive offers from various “well-wishers” who were ready to help eliminate this problem.
In August 2007, according to investigators, one of the owners of Inkreditbank, German Gorbuntsov, told Mr. Chuvilin that one of their mutual friends knew how to deal with auditors and regain a stable position in the market. This turned out to be Lithuanian citizen Vadimas Kastuevas - one of the bank’s clients, the founder of JSC Varalda, LLC Tsinus and the owner of one Lithuanian football club. Mr. Kastuevas allegedly explained to the banker that he had trusted operatives in mind who were well versed in the banking industry and could help get rid of checks once and for all for $1 million. As Mr. Chuvilin explained, operatives Tselyakov and Nosenko explained at a meeting in the lobby of the Balchug hotel that the bank was subjected to “such pressure from the Central Bank” as a result of a “tip” from Dvoskin, who was allegedly going to take the bank for himself and pump money through it. The majors promised that they would solve the problem, and Mr. Chuvilin, according to his statement, paid a million dollars through Kastuevas.
However, in April 2008, as follows from Mr. Chuvilin’s statement, Vadimas Kastuevas reappeared at Increditbank, saying that the bank was again awaiting an audit, and in order to avoid it, policemen Tselyakov and Nosenko were again ready to help, but for 1.5 million Euro. Mr. Chuvilin agreed again, agreeing to transfer the money in installments, but after that he immediately went to the FSB, where he told the whole story.
His further negotiations and meetings were carried out under the supervision of security officers, however, Mr. Chuvilin was not provided with either audio or video equipment, or marked money, thanks to which the fact of the transfer of a bribe could be documented. The first tranche - 600 thousand euros - on behalf of Kastuevas, as follows from the case, was taken from Mr. Chuvilin and taken to the safe deposit box of one of the capital's banks by Alexandras Bidenko. Mr. Bidenko took another 350 thousand euros from the banker’s office on June 5 of this year. Mr. Kastuevas was waiting for him in the car. As soon as the Lithuanians were ready to leave, FSB officers detained them and took them for questioning to the Investigative Committee, where they were immediately charged with complicity in attempted bribery.
Tselyakov and Nosenko were detained by FSB officers only on June 10 on their way to work. Searches were carried out in their apartments and offices, but, according to available information, no evidence or material evidence was found. Nevertheless, the court also issued an arrest warrant for them, citing the “standard” reasons in such cases - that the detectives could hide and use their connections to put pressure on witnesses.
The accused themselves still insist that “they were slandered, and the case itself is far-fetched and falsified.”