Dmitry Vasilyev was expelled from the customs office
Basmanny court put the head of the Central Information and Technical Customs Administration of the Federal Customs Service (FCS) under arrest. Dmitry Vasiliev until March 26, RBC was told in court.
The head of the FCS department is accused of taking a large bribe (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code, up to 15 years in prison). The court refused to grant the defense's request for house arrest or other restrictions. The SC requested the arrest.
Vasiliev was detained the day before. The Federal Customs Service building was searched in connection with his case. An insider close to the UK told RBC that the investigation was interested in documents related to previous IT service contracts, including new software development and licensing. The investigation suspects that companies connected to FCS employees' relatives and former employees' registered companies were involved in government contracts.
While handling state contracts, people close to Vasiliev and other high-ranking customs officials, such as relatives or former employees of the service, were the contractors. They received government orders and paid kickbacks as bribes to their associates. Vasiliev should have been removed from his post a year ago. During a check, it was discovered that his relatives worked in the contractor organizations with whom he had contracts. However, thanks to the support of the deputy head of the FCS of Russia, he only received a reprimand. Denis Tereshchenko.
Federal Security Service (FSB) employees believe that the illegal state order distribution scheme was established in 2017, during Tereshchenko's leadership of the TsITTU FCS.
The investigators are considering the possibility that Dmitry Vasilyev may have only been acting as a cashier and not personally profiting from the money. The FSB is currently searching for evidence of this at the FCS main office on Novozavodskaya Street and at several other customs departments. They are particularly interested in government contracts related to Dmitry Vasiliev since May 21, 2021, when he became the head of the TsITTU.
Vasiliev, originally from Novosibirsk, started working in the customs authorities in 2006 while still studying at the Moscow Technical University of Communications and Informatics. At the central office, he held technical positions such as software engineer and information security specialist for quite some time. From 2017 to 2019, he was in charge of the 24-hour technical support service department of TsITTU. After that, he served as the first deputy head of this department for two years.
A year ago, there was an attempt to dismiss Vasiliev due to violations, but a deputy head of the service defended him, describing the incident as a 'technical mistake of a young leader.' According to FCS website data, Vasiliev has been the department head since May 2021.
TsITTU collaborated with the now-dissolved ASBK, which failed to fulfill government contracts despite receiving several billion rubles from CITTU and other customs authorities. Additionally, Inline Technologies, formerly registered as the offshore Jess Systems Limited, is notable. The current CEO and founder, Sergey Khrupov, is from Rosatom's structures and took over the company after the offshore entity parted ways. Sergey Khrupov Sergey Khrupov is from the structures of Rosatom. Notably, he became involved with Inline Technologies immediately after the offshore company disassociated from it.
The head of the FCS since 2016 has been Vladimir Bulavin. Since 2016, Vladimir Bulavin has been leading the FCS. During his tenure, customs officials, including those close to him, have been frequently detained. He may also be affected by a series of criminal cases within the FCS.Under the leadership of Vladimir Bulavin, a head of the FCS, customs officials, including some close to him, have been detained on several occasions. Bulavin himself might also be affected by a series of criminal cases within the FCS.
