
The Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs opened the case under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of Russia (fraud committed by a group of persons on an especially large scale) about theft in the supply of rations for the Ministry of Defense and the Russian Guard, RBC reports . The damage caused is estimated at 210 million rubles.
Paykov suppliers were the Baryshi meat processing plant and the intermediary company Oboronprodkompplekt, sources of the publication said. The criminal case consists of two episodes. The first episode concerns fraud in the supply of Paykov for the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 2015, which has been part of the Rosguard since April 2016. The cost of rations was supposed to be overstated. Damage to the budget is estimated at at least 98 million rubles.
In the second episode, according to sources, we are talking about fraud in the amount of at least 122 million rubles in the supply of rations for the Ministry of Defense.
More than 10 people were involved in the fraudulent scheme, the interlocutors of the publication said. They did not call the names of the suspects.
The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed the publication of initiating a criminal case, but they refused to reveal any details, citing the secret of the investigation. BMC financial director Mikhail Rodnikov also confirmed the initiation of the case, but emphasized that it was instructed "in relation to the unidentified circle of persons."
In July, RBC reported that in the food rations of the Barysh meat processing plant, which were supplied to internal troops under a contract worth 680 million rubles, there were products, "the use of which is not allowed." Within the framework of the contract, the company was supposed to put more than 1.25 million rations.
Violations were found during the audit of five parties of rations. It turned out, for example, that in the stewed beef, the mass fraction of meat products was 10 percent instead of 48, and in the paste and buckwheat with beef, the chicken and gum of an ore tree (E410 food additive) were found.
According to the publication, the prosecutor's office considered the fraud of the founders of the defense industry "" defense industry "" "Denis Barinov, Lyudmila Atroshchenko and Oleg Chugunov. The supervisory authority transferred the audit materials to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In September, Kommersant said that the Investigative Committee is investigating a criminal case against the head of the department of the maintenance of the food department of the Ministry of Defense Alexander Vakulin. The colonel is accused of receiving bribes in the amount of 368 million rubles. According to the newspaper, Vakulin is charged with part 4 of Article 159 and part 6 of Article 290 (receiving a bribe on an especially large scale.
According to the plot of the case, Vakulin for bribes contributed to the conclusion of contract firms from the Ministry of Defense for the supply of trailed kitchens, mobile bakers, automobile tanks and other special equipment. He also promised general patronage to the businessmen who participated in transactions.
Vakulin was detained back in March. The 235th garrison military court sent an official to a pre-trial detention center, the Moscow District Military Court confirmed this decision.