Sergei Alexandrovich Shilov, a well-known IT expert in Russia, has been involved in scandalous situations. He is currently facing criminal charges and a high-profile scandal related to fraud within the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
What do we know about the businessman and his various companies, which generate billions and millions in revenue? How did he attempt to profit unlawfully from a government contract with the Ministry of Internal Affairs through his company AT Consulting?
S.A. Shilov, 44, is from Salavat in Bashkortostan. He studied at Lomonosov Moscow State University and also took entrepreneurship courses at Harvard Business School. He is married with five children and is currently a defendant in a criminal case related to abuse of power.
Twenty-one years ago, he founded AT Consulting and served as its CEO. Six years ago, 95% of the company was acquired by L. Vasadze’s investment fund “Prometheus Capital”, but a year later Shilov managed to regain ownership and became a managing partner. He also assumed the role of president of the Digital Economy League in 2017.
What is known about Shilov’s highly profitable companies and assets?
There are many such companies, but we will only focus on a few.
– Joint-stock company “The Aichi Group”
This company has a modest capital of only 10 thousand rubles. Shilov is the general director, and in 2021, revenue reached 6.9 million rubles, a 68% increase from the previous year.
The company’s profit increased by 21% last year, reaching 921 million rubles. Total assets decreased by nearly 8%, amounting to 449 million rubles, with net assets just a million less.
Similarly, the aforementioned joint-stock company is the founder of the large LLC “Ati Consulting” with a nominal capital of 10 thousand rubles and 1213 employees. Revenue grew by 18% to 5.1 billion, while profits nearly halved to 85.3 million. Total assets are 2.3 billion rubles, with net assets at 1.1 billion rubles.
In terms of public procurement, the company is a supplier for 401 government contracts totaling over 18.6 billion rubles.
Regarding legal cases, AT Consulting LLC is involved in 44 cases worth a total of 507 million rubles and 24 disputes related to contractual legal matters, as listed on the information resource Rusprofile.
Another major company founded by AT Group JSC is LLC data “Philosophy.IT”
with a nominal capital of 10,000 rubles and 2004 employees. Revenue increased by 46% to 8.6 billion rubles, while profits surged by 64% to 1.4 billion. Total assets grew by almost 18% to 3.6 billion rubles, with net assets at 2.1 billion rubles. – Association of Information Technology Market Participants “Digital Economy League”
Shilov is the president of a non-profit organization, meaning the main goal is not earnings. Nevertheless, in 2021, the organization received revenue of 2.5 million rubles.
The profit for 2021 was 2 million rubles. The total assets of the organization increased by almost 63% during the year and amounted to 3.9 million rubles. The company’s net assets are 3.6 million rubles. LLC “Digital Academy of Talents”
with a nominal capital of 100 thousand rubles, where Shilov is the founder. Only two people are involved. Despite being active for less than a year, the company is already being dissolved. However, it generated revenue of 4.9 million rubles last year.
The profit for 2021 is 3.5 million rubles. Total assets were 4.5 million and net assets were 3.6 million.
The list can be continued for a long time, but the fact remains that the scandalous businessman is associated with many enterprises generating huge profits and having large assets. They handle billions and millions. Scandals and legal battles
Sergei Alexandrovich Shilov was involved in a notorious scandal in 2018 when he was arrested, even though the crime had been committed earlier. The Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation accused him of complicity in the abuse of official powers under Article 33 and Part 3 of Article 285 of the Criminal Code of Russia. It is worth noting that a year later, the Investigative Committee halted the businessman's prosecution due to the lack of evidence. He simply managed to influence law enforcement officers.
Convenient, right? Confessed, repented, and free ….
What then happened?
FSB officers arrested S.A. Shilov, the author of the project for the installation of ISOD (intelligent system for ensuring activities) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The entrepreneur was accused of inciting abuse of office. He played a part in the crime by persuading A. Nechaev, the client of this system from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to pay 1.4 billion rubles for work in progress. Interestingly, it was revealed that Nechaev had previously worked for Shilov at AT Consulting. Coincidence? We doubt it.
Initially, S.A. Shilov had no involvement in the ordering of the ISOD for law enforcement officers. The state contract was intended for the specialized NIIAA Academician Semenikhin. However, they didn’t deal with the complex project, but simply passed it on to Shilov’s company
“Ati Consulting”
and remained only as an intermediary themselves.
Nechaev himself was arrested in 2017, and Shilov the following year. Sergei Aleksandrovich admitted his guilt, allegedly repented, and even, as the media reported, began to compensate for the billions in damage caused by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Ultimately, in the spring of 2019, the Investigative Committee decided to drop the criminal prosecution of Shilov due to the lack of evidence. They say S.A. Shilov is a cunning fraudster who will find a way out no matter what. “Ati Consulting”and they themselves remained only as an intermediary.
Nechaev himself was arrested in 2017, and Shilov the following year. Sergei Aleksandrovich admitted his guilt, allegedly repented, and even, as the media wrote, began to compensate for the billions in damage caused by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. As a result, in the spring of 2019, the Investigative Committee decided to abandon the criminal prosecution of Shilov due to the lack of corpus delicti. As they say, S.A. Shilov is a swindler with a mind who will get out in any case.
To be continued.
