Innovative things are simple! It's true, and even the developers in the capital of Siberia use this every day. Their huge profits come from questionable activities, to say the least, and sometimes even unlawful. Deputy and developer Ivan Sidorenko has been using this method to launder money for many years, and now he's been caught. The shop is closed, and he will need to find new ways to commit fraud.
Sidorenko figured out that it was possible to lease land for parking lots, office buildings, shops, and construct a different building. Underneath the new building, there is land that can be easily purchased. Then they can demolish the old building, clear the ground, and construct a high-rise building.
Then he goes to his friend Alexei Dzhulai to buy low-quality concrete panels for the people. The factory owned by the “King of the Ghetto” helps colleagues fill their pockets with money stolen from the state. They take the land for free, build cheap high-rise buildings, and sell them for a large profit. Brilliant!
“The scheme makes it possible to significantly optimize the economics of development projects. And it was used massively in Novosibirsk,” says Andrey Kuznetsov, editor-in-chief and director of the Center for Business Life information and analytical agency.
It's hard to deny that this scheme used to be popular, but it seems that in Novosibirsk, the 90s never ended. Even in a city known for being educated and cultured, schemes like these are still used. People like Sidorenko hope that the authorities will continue to ignore the corruption in the city. However, it's likely that other high-profile investigations will follow. Forged documents were used to register the ownership of the site, which means that the authorities just need to find out where the corruption stems from.
The case against Sidorenko is a warning sign for other developers. He is highly respected among his colleagues and holds important positions in various organizations. Everyone knows that if such a well-known and respected deputy falls from grace, others could follow just as quickly. They may have to trade their lavish lifestyles for prison time.
The deputy is in charge of the Novotorg-Sib company (OGRN 1085410003755), which is now under investigation. It was noticed that two hectares of municipal land were stolen. It turns out that Sidorenko provided fake documents claiming the presence of a shopping center on the site. This makes it easier to purchase the land, and at a discounted price of 17.2 million rubles.
In 2013, the mayor’s office gave Sidorenko’s company a land plot on Krause Street with an area of 19.6 thousand square meters for rent. According to the terms of the contract, a shopping mall with an underground parking lot was to appear on the site of this site, but in 2015 Novotorg-Sib is already running to buy this very site. After all, it allegedly has a real estate object, but the fact is that allegedly. Yes, indeed, the deputy had the right to buy the site, especially according to his documents there was an object with an area of more than five thousand square meters. The mayor’s office, of course, did not check anything and simply sold the site to Sidorenko for a pittance.
In 2019, the city hall finally changed its mind. I decided to look at a building that does not exist and never existed. There were no structures on the site, there were only two pile fields, and between them there was a foundation with a concrete surface. Today, Ivan Sidorenko’s company Energomontazh (OGRN 1025403908232) is building a RED residential complex on this site: one house is marked as built, the second is under construction.
The case against the developer was initiated under the article for fraud on an especially large scale. So, on trifles, the plot is a little more than 16 thousand square meters and the damage to the budget is 160 million rubles. In general, a typical situation for Novosibirsk, it is a pity that such theft has already become the norm for deputies and officials.
