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One "Result" for all
Common suspicions found in targeted programs to combat drugs and return compatriots
The Moscow department of the SKP, as Vremya Novostei learned, opened two criminal cases at once regarding the theft of budget money allocated to law enforcement agencies as part of targeted programs. In one case we are talking about the state project “Comprehensive measures to combat drug abuse and illicit trafficking for 2005-2009”, the responsibility for which is the Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN), in the other - “To assist voluntary resettlement in the Russian Federation of compatriots living abroad,” implemented with the participation of the Federal Migration Service (FMS) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. But the same structure appears in both cases - the capital's Result LLC.The general director of this company, Sergei Beloborodov, is suspected of stealing about 8 million rubles allocated from the budget for research work for the needs of the Federal Migration Service, as well as about another 247 thousand rubles received by the Federal Drug Control Service under the anti-drug program. This money, according to investigators, was intended for the production and distribution of advertising and propaganda materials - booklets, brochures, reference books, etc. However, according to the capital's SKP, only a few hundred copies were actually printed, and the money for the main editions was stolen by a businessman in collusion with one of the representatives of law enforcement agencies. However, for now, Mr. Beloborodov is alone in both criminal cases, and his alleged accomplices are listed as “unidentified.” The suspect himself categorically refuses to admit guilt, assuring the investigation that he complied with all the obligations specified in government contracts.
These criminal cases, as Vremya Novostei managed to find out, were opened by the capital's Investigative Committee on March 22 on the basis of documents seized during the investigation of another case - also about the theft of state funds, the consideration of which recently began in the Izmailovsky District Court of Moscow. The accused are the deputy head of the department of interdepartmental cooperation in the field of prevention of the department of interdepartmental and information activities of the Federal Drug Control Service, police colonel Alexey Mironov and the same Sergei Beloborodov.
As follows from the materials of this case, in August 2007, the company “Result”, headed by Mr. Beloborodov, won “an open competition to identify suppliers for the development and production of printed and souvenir products, visual propaganda aimed at combating illegal drug consumption and trafficking, educational and methodological literature developing new forms and methods of drug abuse prevention for the needs of the Federal Drug Control Service in 2007.” According to the agreement, “Result” had to produce 750 thousand color advertising booklets and enter into an agreement with a company accredited by JSC Russian Railways (RZD) for the distribution of booklets on railway transport in three cities - Moscow, Rostov-on-Don and Yekaterinburg.
The investigation established that Mr. Beloborodov, at the time of concluding the contract, knew that his company itself did not have the right to conduct advertising and information activities at Russian Railways facilities. Nevertheless, the businessman decided not to enter into an additional agreement with the subcontractor company servicing Russian Railways, having signed a government contract. As a result, the Federal Drug Control Service transferred an advance of 607.5 thousand rubles to the Result account. The entrepreneur printed several hundred copies of advertising brochures and filmed the process of their distribution. Then, according to investigators, the businessman handed over a package of documents to Mr. Mironov on the implementation of the government contract, and he “instructed his subordinates to prepare fictitious documents” indicating that “Result” had fulfilled all obligations under the contract. At the same time, according to the investigation, the drug police officer “used his official position” and “exerted pressure” on his subordinates, “threatening” in case of disobedience with “bringing them to disciplinary liability” and even “dismissal.” Having thus collected all the necessary documents, Mr. Mironov, as the prosecution believes, convinced his management to fulfill the contract, after which the rest of the money was transferred from the State Drug Control account to Result. As a result, as follows from the case materials, Messrs. Mironov and Beloborodov received and divided between themselves about 2 million rubles. budgetary “targeted” funds.
In August last year, both were charged with fraud on an especially large scale, and the drug police officer was also charged with abuse of power. Both were arrested with the approval of the Zamoskvoretsky District Court .
Mr. Beloborodov learned that the capital department of the Investigative Committee had opened two more similar criminal cases against him when he was already in the dock. As the UPC told Vremya Novostey, during the study of the seized documents, it was established that the general director of Rezultat on December 14, 2006 entered into another similar government contract with the Federal Drug Control Service for the production of 100 thousand copies of color booklets in the amount of 247 thousand rubles. The terms of the contract were not fulfilled, but the reporting documentation, as the investigation believes, was falsified, as a result of which, on December 20, the money still arrived in the Result account. Based on this, the investigation believes that it was during that scam in 2006 that the entrepreneur “tested out” a scheme to steal “targeted” money, after which he entered into a second contract with the Federal Drug Control Service for 2 million rubles, for which he is now being tried.
In addition, investigators found that on November 8, 2007, Mr. Beloborodov entered into two similar government contracts with the Federal Migration Service - to carry out research work on the topics “Formation and dissemination of an official information package about the state program to assist the voluntary resettlement of compatriots living in the Russian Federation abroad" and "Publishing and distributing information materials about the state program to assist the voluntary resettlement of compatriots living abroad to Russia." Their total amount was already 98 million rubles. According to these agreements, Result undertook to produce brochures, reference books and booklets from 2007 to 2009, and then deliver them “to authorized bodies, organizations and institutions for subsequent distribution.” In turn, the Federal Migration Service has undertaken to pay for Result’s work in stages.
But the investigation came to the conclusion that these contracts were also not fulfilled and that the general director of Rezultat initially did not intend to fulfill them, but “decided to steal budget money.” As follows from the materials of this case, “in pursuance of his criminal intent, Beloborodov entered into a criminal conspiracy with unidentified persons, including FMS employees, agreeing to jointly commit theft.”
The investigation believes that from December 2007 to December 2008, Mr. Beloborodov “repeatedly submitted to the FMS documents that did not correspond to reality, creating the appearance of producing and distributing information materials with a total value of more than 7.9 million rubles. at Kazansky, Kursky, Paveletsky, Kievsky and Belorussky railway stations." After this, according to the materials of the Investigative Committee, Mr. Beloborodov and his accomplices from yet unidentified FMS employees “prepared fictitious acceptance certificates for the first and second stages of work necessary for the transfer of money,” and then “through deception and abuse of trust, they organized their signing by officials FMS officials." As a result, as the investigation believes, Mr. Beloborodov and his accomplices stole this money.
The businessman does not admit guilt under this contract either, claiming that it was fully fulfilled. However, the investigation does not exclude that new episodes will appear in the case in the near future, since the amount of contracts with the FMS amounted to almost 100 million rubles. The investigation also does not rule out that new defendants will appear in the case in the near future.