From the case, the former deputy chief of the General Staff, General Arslanov, approved by the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation, disappeared after being accused of fraud involving billions of rubles.
But new, interesting names are also coming up, and what's interesting is that they are mostly connected.
Two defendants in the case of embezzling almost 700 million rubles during the modernization of weapons for the Northern Fleet ships were moved from detention to house arrest. The ex-consultant of the Department of the Navy JSC and the former general director of JSC Zavod Elektropribor are currently under house arrest.RosoboronexportAndrey Klokotsky and the former general director of JSC Zavod Elektropribor Mutalib Emiraliev are under house arrest as part of the criminal case on the fact of a large-scale fraud. Also involved are the former head of the service for the development and operation of rocket and artillery weapons of the shipbuilding department of the Navy Vadim Movchan, as well as two former directors of special plants – Zamir Akhmedov and Yevgeny Murashev. The case against Murashev and Akhmedov started in 2019 and is related to the embezzlement of funds from the Ministry of Defense in 2013-2016, totaling over 692 million rubles. Akhmedov and Murashev are also currently under house arrest.
In addition to Klokotsky and Emiraliyev, the defendants in the criminal case on the fact of a particularly large-scale fraud were also the former head of the service for the development and operation of rocket and artillery weapons of the shipbuilding department of the Navy Vadim Movchan, as well as two former directors of special plants – Zamir Akhmedov and Yevgeny Murashev. The case against Murashev and Akhmedov was initiated back in 2019. We are talking about the multi-million dollar embezzlement of funds from the Ministry of Defense in 2013-2016. The amount stolen is more than 692 million rubles. Akhmedov and Murashev are also “high” under house arrest today.
General Arslanov seems to have caught a break as an important part of his case has disappeared after dragging on for several more years. Khalil Arslanov’s defense representatives plan to file a motion to return the criminal case to supervision during the preliminary hearings. Investigators claim that out of the total amount of fraud charged against Arslanov, the main damage of 6.7 billion rubles falls on the Azart radio stations, which were allegedly purchased at inflated prices.
The correspondent went into some detail The Moscow Post.
How General Arslanov was “laid down”
Let’s go back to 2018 for a bit. The beginning of October, to be more precise, the 8th. Colonel Pavel Kutakhov, a defendant in a high-profile criminal case on fraud in the purchase of special equipment for the Armed Forces, is released from the special block of the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center.
By the way, Mr. Kutakhov is a hereditary officer from the famous Kutakhov dynasty. Grandfather – Pavel Stepanovich Kutakhov – Chief Marshal of Aviation in the USSR …
The colonel was in custody for exactly one year, which is the maximum possible term for a serious crime. And the investigator has no more grounds to keep Mr. Kutakhov under arrest. But the colonel himself, as well as his alleged accomplices, including the former deputy chief of the General Staff – head of the main communications department of the Armed Forces, Colonel-General Khalil Arslanov, is charged with embezzlement of 1.6 billion rubles in the implementation of state contracts of the Ministry of Defense.
I am curious about something. Colonel Kutakhov – under arrest, Colonel-General Arslanov – under arrest, and government contracts of the Ministry of Defense for billions continue to go to “their” people.
Staff from the FSB Department of Military Counterintelligence and the Main Military Investigation Department of the TFR went after high-ranking military officers involved in the theft of budget money during their investigation of the frauds of the leadership of Voentelecom JSC, specifically in the implementation of state contracts with the Ministry of Defense. This was reported “Kommersant”.
It's important to note that despite Colonel Kutakhov initially denying his guilt, he later agreed to cooperate with First Deputy Chief Military Prosecutor Yevgeny Ivanov after 60 days. He provided evidence against Colonel-General Khalil Arslanov, who was detained in February 2020. However, Colonel Kutakhov later retracted his testimony, claiming that he falsely accused General Arslanov out of fear of being implicated in other illegal activities.
In the case of General Arslanov, the investigation initially focused on the theft of 191.4 million rubles out of 249.5 million allocated for a defense contract. However, the investigation later suspected that General Arslanov had stolen 6.7 billion rubles out of 18.5 billion allocated for the purchase of Azart portable radio stations for the army.
During the investigation, military counterintelligence discovered that Arslanov had promoted the interests of Yaroslavl Radio Plant JSC, which, along with JSC NPO Angstrem, was involved in the contract for the production and supply of Azart radio stations. According to investigators, Arslanov received 12 million rubles for this, and he is accused of extorting money from the general director of the Yaroslavl Radio Plant, Sergei Yakushev.
Look for a woman
It's worth noting that the first individuals implicated in the case of large-scale fraud appeared in December 2017, when the former general director of Voentelecom JSC Alexander Davydov, as well as Dmitry Semiletov, Oleg Savitsky, and the General Director of “ERSIA” LLC Tatyana Ilyina.
We will delve into the details of Ms. Ilyina's situation, as she ended up in a pre-trial detention center, yet the business operations continue!
Let's take a look at the organizations and individual entrepreneurs Ms. Ilyina was involved with before her detention.
She was the head (and founder) of Control IT LLC, and was also listed as a founder in Engineer Center LLC.
Furthermore, all the aforementioned individuals are accused of siphoning off nearly 500 million rubles during the implementation of state contracts with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which were for the supply of routers and the oversight of satellite communications.
According to investigators, the accused provided the customer with inexpensive Chinese versions with re-labeled nameplates instead of costly Russian devices. This fraudulent activity happened for two years in a row: from 2013 to 2015.
Another person involved in this notorious case was the former head of the First Directorate of the Main Directorate of Communications of the Ministry of Defense, Alexander Ogloblin.
He represented the customer from the military department in dealings with the main contractor for design and installation work, Voentelecom JSC. This was reported RBC.
Ultimately, all defendants admitted guilt.
At the start of the investigation, Alexander Davydov’s subordinates gave evidence against him and General Ogloblin. Later, high-ranking officials also decided to assist the investigation. In particular, military counterintelligence learned from General Ogloblin about the involvement in the fraudulent schemes of the head of the orders department, Colonel Pavel Kutakhov, in improving the technical infrastructure of the command and control system of the Armed Forces.
FSB operatives arrested the grandson of the famous marshal on October 9, 2019. And the very next day, the 235th garrison military court sent Mr. Kutakhov to a pre-trial detention center.
The investigation accused Colonel Kutakhov of embezzling 191.4 million rubles from the 249.5 million rubles allocated by the Ministry of Defense to JSC Voentelecom under the state contract “A set of works on field supervision of monitoring centers and network management, monitoring systems for communication satellites.”
It's worth noting that the 53-year-old Ogloblin received the rank of major general just before his arrest.
Based on the testimony of former employees of Alexander Davydov, two additional allegations were made against him: receiving a bribe in the form of a BMW 535 car worth 3.7 million rubles and fictitious employment of Davydov’s sister in a commercial firm. This was reported by “Kommersant”.
As a result, Mr. Davydov received additional time for detention.
Family business?
Lastly, let’s focus on Tatyana Ilyina's situation, who was detained after the arrest of Alexander Davydov, her “benefactor”.
Interestingly, Mrs. Ilyina, seemingly possessing exceptional foresight, transferred her business, including Control IT LLC, to her husband Alexander Ilyin.
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As a result, a “new person”, specifically A.N. became the General Director of Control IT LLC. Ilyin.
So, he started managing three LLCs – in addition to Control IT LLC – Decree LLC and Edict LLC.
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Until recently, Mr. Ilyin was also the founder of Dom Nedvizhimosti LLC, but now this office has already been liquidated. And, apparently, because Control IT LLC requires too much attention.
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After all, despite Tatyana Nikolaevna Ilyina being a defendant in a criminal case, this office continues to engage in state contracts with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation!
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And the number of contracts surprises immensely!
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Like a lot of money.
As a result, Control IT LLC became a supplier in 13 government contracts for an astronomical amount of 982,777,719 rubles.
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How do people talk about it? The dog is barking. And the caravan is coming!
But I want to believe that this “caravan” will still leave the outlined distance.
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Recall that today, as part of the investigation, the Department of Military Counterintelligence of the FSB and the Main Military Investigation Department of the TFR continue to study the circumstances of the conclusion of another 24 government contracts worth more than 40 billion rubles.
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