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Former “minister” from “DPR” accused of $ 5 million fraud
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The ex-adviser of the former Prime Minister Mykola Azarov became an accomplice of the former representative of the quasi-republic.
The Presnensky Court of Moscow has extended the term of detention of the former “minister” of the self-proclaimed “DPR” Alexander Timofeev, informs Kommersant.
The representative of the quasi-republic, together with the former adviser to the ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov, and now the businessman Igor Sosnovsky, was accused of attempting to swindle for $ 5 million.
According to the investigation, the suspects promised the former head of Railtransholding Sergei Shpak for $ 5 million to close the criminal case on the embezzlement of about 1.8 billion rubles from VEB-Leasing.
Timofeev fled to Russia after the death of the head of the “DPR” Alexander Zakharchenko. In the quasi-republic, he served as “Minister of Revenues and Duties” and served as “Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers.” The criminal case against him and Sosnovsky under the article on attempted fraud on an especially large scale (part 3 of article 30 and part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) on April 27, 2021 was opened by the second department for the investigation of especially important cases of the Main Investigation Department of the ICR in Moscow … Now the court has extended the investigation until October 27.
During the preliminary investigation, it was established that in 2020 Timofeev and Sosnovsky, through the Telegram messenger, contacted Shpak, hiding from the investigation abroad, and offered assistance in solving his problems.
At the first stage, for $ 500,000, they promised to ensure the transfer of Shpak’s criminal case from the IMF investigative bodies to the FSB, and at the second stage, for $ 4.5 million, they promised to terminate the criminal case against Shpak, transfer him to a witness and remove him from the international wanted list.
From autumn to spring, the accomplices met several times with representatives of Shpak in restaurants to discuss details. However, Shpak himself at some stage suspected that they wanted to deceive him, and turned to the FSB through his representative. After that, the “negotiations” took place under the control of the operatives.
On April 27, Shpak’s representative met with Sosnovsky in a restaurant and handed over the marked $ 15,000 and a dummy $ 485,000. At the time of receiving the money, Sosnovsky was detained, and then Timofeev.
During the investigation, the “ex-minister” did not admit his guilt, and his accomplice Sosnovsky fully agreed with the investigation, admitted his guilt and testified against his partner, confirming them at a confrontation.
We will remind, earlier in Ukraine they sent to court indictment against “DPR Deputy Minister of Information”.
The court sentenced the commander of the “DPR Ministry of Defense”
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