The Kirovsky District Court of Saratov made a decision in a criminal case involving the former city administration head, Alexei Prokopenko.
He is accused of arranging theft on a large scale. According to the prosecution, the official helped create management companies that collected money from the public but did not pass it on to resource-supplying organizations. The criminal case began in 2015. Last year, the same court acquitted Mr. Prokopenko, but the court of appeal ordered a new trial. The former official's lawyer plans to challenge the court decision. justified The judge of the Kirovsky District Court of Saratov, Vitaly Romanov, sentenced the former city administration head, Alexei Prokopenko, to seven years in a penal colony with one year of restricted liberty and a fine of 700,000 rubles. It took Judge Vitaly Romanov one and a half days to read the verdict. According to the court decision, Prokopenko and his accomplices failed to transfer over 40 million rubles to resource-supplying organizations, which were supposed to be used for utility payments by Saratov residents.
The verdict was only issued after being reconsidered. In June 2021, the Kirovsky District Court completely acquitted the former city manager, stating that the indictment relied solely on the testimony of other defendants who later retracted their statements, claiming they had lied about Alexei Prokopenko in order to improve their own situation and due to psychological pressure from law enforcement. The court observed that the prosecution did not provide additional evidence of the former mayor's guilt.
The criminal case against Aleksey Prokopenko began in early 2015. At that time, he was charged with fraud on a large scale and money laundering. Investigators claimed that in 2012, at Prokopenko's suggestion, management companies were established in Saratov, which were responsible for collecting funds from residents for utilities.
The collected funds were withdrawn in cash and transferred to various companies for false reasons.
The victims in the criminal case were PJSC “T Plus” (at the time of the crime, JSC “Volzhskaya TGC”), Municipal Unitary Enterprise “Saratovvodokanal”, LLC SPGES.
Investigators discovered that during his time in the Saratov administration, Alexei Prokopenko significantly improved his wealth, purchasing a house in Miami, an apartment in Budapest, and building a cottage in Sosenki village in the Volzhsky district of Saratov. Before his role as the head of the Zavodskoy district administration, he did not have any substantial business and lived in an apartment on Sovetskaya Street. He previously owned a store called Egoist, which closed due to lack of profitability. The Stroykomplekt management company, associated with the administration head at the time, is believed to have been one of his main sources of income.
4vsar.ru, 12/06/2017, “Accomplices of ex-head of Saratov Prokopenko found guilty of economic crimes”
The court sentenced Alexander Isaev to 7 years in a penal colony and a fine of 1 million rubles, Sergei Birgin to 7 years in prison with a fine of 1 million rubles, Andrey Gnusarev to 4.5 years of general regime with a fine of 700 thousand rubles, and Irina Ripinena to 4 years of general regime and a fine of 700 thousand rubles. All of them will also face a 1.5-year restriction of freedom. — Inset K.ru
After Aleksey Prokopenko fled from the investigation, he was put on the international wanted list. In April 2015, the Kirovsky District Courtarrested Alexey Prokopenko in absentia
, and on March 14, 2019, he voluntarily surrendered to the investigative department for the Oktyabrsky district of Saratov, asking for an objective look into his criminal case. He was taken into custody and later released under house arrest. Initially, Prokopenko was charged with causing damage to T Plus in the amount of 507 million rubles, which was later reduced to 37 million rubles. The case was reclassified to part 3 of Art. 33, part 4 of Art. 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (organization of embezzlement on an especially large scale). In July 2021, the Saratov Regional Court received an appeal from the prosecutor’s office and PJSC T Plus insisting on the impossibility of an acquittal, even though the other defendants in the case were found guilty. appeared During the recent debate, the state prosecution requested the court to find Alexei Prokopenko guilty and sentence him to eight years in prison, a fine of 900 thousand rubles, and a ban on holding leadership positions in state and municipal bodies.
Alexei Prokopenko’s lawyer, Kira Afanasyeva, stated that she planned to appeal the court’s decision, but declined to comment further to Kommersant.
The Kirovsky District Court of Saratov issued a verdict in a criminal case against the former head of the city administration, Alexei Prokopenko, who is accused of organizing embezzlement on an especially large scale. According to the prosecution, the official contributed to the creation of management companies that collected money from the population, but did […]
At the debate last Tuesday, the state prosecution asked the court to find Alexei Prokopenko guilty and sentence him to eight years in prison, a fine of 900 thousand rubles. and a ban on holding leadership positions in state and municipal bodies.
Alexei Prokopenko’s lawyer, Kira Afanasyeva, told Kommersant that she intended to appeal the court’s decision, she declined to comment further.
