The “black realtors” who deprive Muscovites of apartments are known by name in the police. However, the number of victims is growing.

In Moscow, "black realtors" have achieved such success that even the most scrupulous of our citizens fall for their hook. Probably because even when the fact of the “crime” is obvious, all the long-known apartment raiders manage to bypass the dock

In Moscow, "black realtors" have achieved such success that even the most scrupulous of our citizens fall for their hook. Probably because even when the fact of the “crime” is obvious, all long-known apartment raiders manage to bypass the dock.

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Here is a story, one of many. In September 2014, 75-year-old pensioner Galina Sheremetova was deprived of an apartment in the center of Moscow (Trekhprudny Lane). The cost is 90 million rubles.

The logistics of the capture are as simple as a log: Sheremetova decided to sell her apartment in order to move to her daughter in a neighboring house, and invest the proceeds in the education of her grandchildren. Friends brought her to a realtor, who quickly found buyers (despite the crisis, mind you!), However, Sheremetova never saw the latter - they were represented by intermediaries. There were so many sincere conversations that even a lawyer's head would have gone round, as a result, the pensioner, without checking anything, concluded a sale and purchase agreement in a simple written form. She was promised: the next day you can take your millions from the safe deposit box.

The next day came, but there was no trace of intermediaries, followed by the realtor, who had previously taken money for the rendered "services". Well, to top it all off, the transferred key supposedly from the safe deposit box turned out to be a fake. If that were all... When Galina Sheremetova arrived home, she saw a new lock on the door, and, of course, they did not open it. The woman could not pick up furniture, personal belongings; neighbors then saw how the “new tenants” were taking something out of the apartment.

“I was like dead , ” recalls Galina Sheremetova. - They processed me for three months and simply misled me. I knew the realtor Polikarpov Pavel Evgenievich for about a year, he introduced me to Alexei, who was supposedly going to buy my apartment. Alexey would not want to officially act as a buyer and offered his representative - Yulia. Then it turned out that Yulia was also an intermediary, and a certain Arthur Bogomolov would be the buyer. It was such a bully, similar to a grizzly bear ... However, it turned out later: Artur was also an intermediary, and Kalashnikova Marina Viktorovna would be the real buyer. Indeed, I have never seen her. All this immediately seemed suspicious to my daughter and me, but nevertheless we made a deal. And then they realized that they were faced with patented scammers.

...Here, of course, you can turn on the intellectual and say that they themselves are to blame - that's what you need. Yes, guilty. Each of us at least once in our lives pierced on the obvious, not listening to intuition. Try to listen when professional scammers work with you.

Galina Sheremetova filed a lawsuit with the Presnensky Court of Moscow to invalidate the sale and purchase transaction. The defendant, the same "buyer" Marina Kalashnikova, of course, did not appear in court. And the court denied the petition to move Sheremetova into the apartment, as well as refused to transfer the apartment to Galina for safekeeping until the dispute was resolved. The apartment was seized, but, as practice shows, this never bothered the scammers - they had previously sold the seized property.

And what if they are favored in government agencies. For example, the Department of the Federal Service for State Registration of Cadastre and Cartography in Moscow registered a dubious transaction in just one day, while the minimum registration period is five working days. Sheremetova and her lawyers asked the department to explain this phenomenal speed, but Rosreestr did not even answer. The police opened a criminal case, but Artur Bogomolov and the company are still walking free, it seems that no one is even looking for them.

The work of drowning hands

How is property seized? This is done with the help of two or three LLCs, posing as real estate agencies and changing their names every now and then. For example (based on the list of the affected website), these are: Territory Real Estate Agency LLC, Sodruzhestvo Agency LLC, Respect Nedvizhimost LLC, Respect Realty LLC, Respect Real Estate LLC and Agency LLC Business world". The citizens working here are good psychologists, legally literate, with the gift of persuasion, effectively operate with fake powers of attorney and forged signatures, and have friendly relations with law enforcement agencies.

The scheme is as follows: a share in the right of a privatized apartment (having several owners) is acquired, a certificate of registration is obtained in Rosreestr, then the door is broken, and anyone moves into the apartment: as a rule, drug addicts and drunks who spoil property, provoke scandals, get drunk, make noise . Another method of concluding an agreement is practiced, such as beating the owners or threats of violence. And poor people who are unable to endure this hell (and if there are children in the family?), agree to enslaving deals just to disperse. After that, the raiders demand an exchange on their own terms, or offer to buy out a share from them at an inflated price, or buy out the shares of co-owners for next to nothing, or conclude a donation agreement instead of a sale and purchase agreement. Formally, you can't find fault: the owners themselves took this step.

Go to the site of deceived homeowners - there you will find a lot of useful information. Although, of course, the property indicator and strong nerves are the main ones. Here is what they write about Bogomolov and K ^O at dolya.org:

Peter: “ They used to sit in the office on Chayanov Street. He ( Bogomolov. - V. Ch. ) headed the department for capturing shares of apartments there, in his brigade there were raiders famous throughout Moscow: Yuri Thomson, Razmadze, Nosovko and others. In fact, a full-fledged organized criminal group, so be careful when contacting the Respect Real Estate agency.

Pichkur: “ They promise payment to the owners of the shares after the share is bought out, but they themselves do not pay, the letters of guarantee are signed by lawyer Antonov. Those who suffered at the hands of "Respect" ( another LLC. - V. Ch. ), write to the prosecutor's office, they are waiting for you there. And it’s also dangerous to buy shares from them, as a rule, they are all under arrest!”

Zhuchkov: “ As a knowledgeable person, I confirm that several criminal cases have been opened against Bogomolov for fraud.”

Survivor: “ Arthur is a very competent lawyer. Unfortunately, all his knowledge and actions are always aimed only at robbing people as much as possible. Moreover, it is often simply robbed out of the blue: do nothing, but rip off the money by hook or by crook (for returning documents, for terminating the contract, etc.); for this, there are very tricky clauses in the service agreement, and their true meaning will be quickly explained to you. It is clear that ordinary people do not understand this Chinese letter, they are not strong in legal chicanery. That's what it's all designed for. The hell they sign, they pay, they drink valerian, they get hysterical, they write statements, they sue… hopelessly… Incredibly, everything that is done in his agency is within the law! You can endlessly mock people, and this will not go beyond the norms of Russian legislation. Everyone understands that (Bogomolov) is scum, and ultimately there is nothing to put him in jail <…>.”

Elena: “ He threw me, gave a letter of guarantee for money signed by someone else, and now he refuses to give me money!!!! If there are still victims, contact Petrovka, 38, we will fight together!!”

Woman: “ They recruit former police officers, they promise that they will get a lot of money by expelling people. A power of attorney is issued for several people, and those, in turn, for another fifteen. And so the “owners” cut off the locks in the apartment, move in and start to press you, beat the furniture, beat you, saying that your place is in the corner ... Imagine that all this chaos is happening in front of a small child. These are lawless people, such as Klimenty Valeryevich Shumov from the Dmitrovsky district, the village of Orevo, Stanislav Vladimirovich Romanov from the Orenburg region, Novoorsk, Mikhail Alekseevich Gazetov from Moscow, Denis Alexandrovich Zhuchkov from Moscow and Andrey Vladimirovich Kalashnikov from Moscow - issuing powers of attorney. You start to call the police and wait for help, and in response you receive replies that this is a civil law relationship. You are left alone with the bandits, and those, knowing that you will not wait for help, become impudent every day.

Prosecutor: “ He is not Bogomolov, his surname is from his father Lysenko, Bogomolov is the surname from his wife!”

Guest: “ Indeed, the names of the employees of these LLCs, including Bogomolov, appear in police reports. Officially, it is known about Artur Bogomolov that in May 2012, he, along with the co-founder and general director of the Real Estate Territory, Alexei Demyanov, was detained by the capital's operatives. But not for long. RIA Novosti then, citing the Central Internal Affairs Directorate, reported that they were suspected of fraud with apartments and that "in addition, a number of heads of departments and realtors of the same company were detained."

"02" can not call

It is worth noting here: within the framework of the investigation, the involvement in the crime of the management and employees of Territoriya Nedvizhimost LLC was established. The police noted that they had identified many complaints and appeals from citizens about the activities of the company. Employees of the MUR, with the power support of the OMON, conducted searches in the offices of the agency.

Even earlier, in 2011, another criminal episode occurred with the employees of the Real Estate Territory: operatives detained two men while registering the transfer of ownership of an apartment on General Glagolev Street. The first one provided a passport in the name of the owner of the apartment with his photograph pasted in and a contract of sale between the owner and the LLC represented by the second suspect. And the real owner of the apartment disappeared without a trace. Later, his severed head and body were found in the Northwestern District of Moscow. As Novaya Gazeta found out, Bogomolov's coordinates were in the alleged killer's notebook.

However, nothing was reported about the results of the investigation. And in 2014, complaints about Bogomolov and his company reappeared on the forums of the deceived owners - the essence is the same: they bought out the shares, moved in, forced to sell for nothing ...

“Novaya” sent inquiries to law enforcement agencies: we were interested in whether criminal cases were initiated against Bogomolov and other employees of the “Real Estate Territory”; if so, how did the investigation end; whether these persons were detained and in connection with which they were released from custody. The Main Investigation Department of the Main Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow replied that “at present, the investigation of the criminal case ( just did not specify who specifically. - V. Ch .) is ongoing” and “control over the investigation” is carried out by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. No other details - for example, why Bogomolov is free - the department did not report, citing the fact that "the preliminary investigation has not been completed" and "providing detailed information", according to the Code of Criminal Procedure, "is inappropriate."

They wrote from the Investigative Committee that the criminal cases against Bogomolov and others were not investigated. Only the case was investigated against the ex-investigator of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the North-Western District of Moscow P. Pshenichnikov and lawyer V. Khlebnikov, whom the court in the fall of 2014 found guilty of taking a bribe in the amount of 6.5 million rubles for stopping the criminal prosecution of that very general director " Territories of real estate” Demyanov, suspected of scams with apartments. The ex-investigator was sentenced to 7 years in prison in a strict regime colony, the lawyer - 4 years, but Demyanov himself, as Novaya found out, got off with a suspended sentence in the winter of 2014.

We tried to talk directly with Mr. Bogomolov himself, or at least with someone from the leadership of the Real Estate Territory. In vain. They do not give comments on the phone, "they do not have a fax." There is only an email box, which we were kindly advised to write to. We did just that. We didn't receive a response after a week or a month. Apparently, the number of people writing to dolya.org will only increase: they have such a share.

A comment

Anastasia Mitrokhina, Deputy General Director of InvestConsult Systems:

- The prospects for considering the civil and criminal cases of Galina Sheremetova are sad: it is almost impossible to challenge the transaction for the sale of an apartment. This could be done only in the presence of such factors as: the citizen is not able to understand the meaning of his actions, the transaction was made under the influence of a significant error or under the influence of deceit, violence, threats. But, as a rule, the courts recognize such transactions as invalid in the presence of a severe mental illness, drug or alcohol intoxication, and all this must be confirmed by medical certificates. And it is almost impossible to challenge the sale and purchase agreement concluded “in sound mind and sober memory”.

To protect yourself from unscrupulous realtors, do not sign the act of acceptance and transfer of funds until they are actually received; at the conclusion of the contract, require the registration documents of the realtor. If you are a buyer, the transfer of an advance under a real estate services agreement must be documented, in no case do not transfer money without documents confirming the transfer. If realtors represent you in the state registration authorities, you need to check their powers in the power of attorney: they should be as specific as possible. When buying real estate, check the presence of encumbrances and persons registered in the apartment; if the transfer of money is provided by using a safe deposit box, demand from realtors an agreement for the storage of valuables in a bank using an individual bank safe, without which the transfer of money cannot be carried out.