
The investigation of the activities of the criminal community, one of the leaders of which, according to investigators, was the head of the Republic of Komi Vyacheslav Gaiser, was headed by the senior investigator for particularly important cases under the chairman of the Investigative Committee of Sigmund Lozhis. The case already has 23 episodes, and the preliminary assessment of the damage exceeded 1 billion rubles, Kommersant reports.
According to the newspaper, Lozhis is considered one of the best investigators of the committee. He gained fame in 2008, becoming one of the initiators of checking official activities and abuse of the then head of the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Dmitry Dovgia, who was subsequently sentenced to receive a large bribe. In addition, General Lozhs investigated the attempt on the chairman of the Samara Regional Court, Lyubov Drozdov, the Nevsky Express train attack and an explosion arranged by a suicide bomber at Domodedovo Airport.
Sources of Kommersant claim that several lawyers of the defendants in the case have already signed up for an appointment with General Lozhis. They want to submit petition for pre -trial cooperation. If the data presented by the investigation is indicated by convincing, then the general prosecutor's office will be concluded by the relevant transactions. Since, within the framework of the agreements, it is necessary not only to admit your guilt, but also to report on the episodes of criminal activity of other defendants, the volume of the criminal case may increase by many times.
In the case of 23 episodes of particularly large fraud, to which an article was added on the eve of the legalization of criminal income. The preliminary damage established in the framework of the case has already exceeded 1.1 billion rubles, but, as they say in the TFR, this is far from the final figure. For his reimbursement by the Basmanny District Court, at the request of the investigation, bank accounts of a number of defendants in a criminal case were arrested, on which there were about 500 million rubles. In addition, one of the accused from the bank cell seized 400 thousand dollars.
How the money was withdrawn
According to the official representative of the TFR Vladimir Markin, the participants in the OJSC through OJSC "Fund for support for investment projects of the Komi Republic" received control over 23 most profitable enterprises with state participation. Subsequently, through controlled legal entities, state -of -laws were taken to offshore, including Cyprus.
According to Kommersant, in offshores under the guise of paying dividends, as well as fictitious contracts on the purchase of goods and the provision of various services, funds that were proceeded from fraudulent operations were also leaving.