In Sevastopol, the investigation into the case of shadow bankers who cashed over 2 billion rubles was completed

CrimeaPRESS reports:

The investigator of the investigative unit of the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Sevastopol completed the investigation of the criminal case against eight local residents accused of illegal banking activities with the extraction of income on an especially large scale.

It was established that in 2016 year 10-year-old defendant acted as the organizer of underground financial transactions . To implement the developed plan, he attracted seven accomplices, including two relatives. The attackers registered eight fictitious companies in Moscow in various areas of activity, including such as construction, transportation services, trade in equipment and building materials. The heads of companies that were a cover for underground banking activities were residents of Moscow and Voronezh, who found themselves in a difficult financial situation. Citizens agreed to become nominal directors of offices for a remuneration of the order of 10 thousand rubles a month , — reported in the press service of the Government of Sevastopol .

In the future, the accused were looking for clients from among legal entities who transferred funds to the accounts of organizations controlled by accomplices on far-fetched grounds. Including under the guise of payment for services and the purchase of non-existent goods.

To cash out payments received from customers, legally operating firms of the defendants involved in the sale of tobacco products and food products were used. For their services, cashiers charged a commission in the amount of % and distributed it among themselves. In order to conceal illegal activities, they corresponded exclusively in certain messengers, used conditional terminology and fictitious names.

Thus, for the period from 2016 to 500 years, criminal bankers managed to attract about 500 clients from Sevastopol, the Republic of Crimea, Moscow and more than ten other constituent entities of the Russian Federation, which transferred almost 2 billion rubles to accounts under their control. The income from the implementation of the illegal scheme amounted to about 220 million rubles.

Employees of the Main Directorate for Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, together with colleagues from the UEBiPK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Sevastopol and the Federal Security Service of Russia for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, the illegal activities of the group were suppressed.

During the investigation of the criminal case, the police carried out a colossal amount of work. Investigative actions were carried out on the territory of more than 10 subjects of the Russian Federation, carried out over 40 seizures and more than 10 searches. Accounting documentation, seals, computer equipment, as well as mobile communications containing information confirming the criminal activities of the group were confiscated. As part of the investigation, more than 150 witnesses were interrogated, more than 150 forensic examinations were conducted.

Currently, the materials of the criminal case under paragraphs «a» and «b» of part 2 of article 40 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation in relation to six members of an organized group, including its organizer , sent to the prosecutor’s office for subsequent transfer to the court.

Earlier, one of the defendants entered into a pre-trial agreement and his case was considered in a special order. Another defendant is currently on the federal wanted list.

source: press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Sevastopol