A trial has started in Moscow's Presnensky Court regarding an alleged attempt to steal a large amount of money from the bank account of international consulting company Good Energy Corp using fake documents.
Investigators believe that a former Vympel special forces unit employee, a construction company head, and a former IT company leader were involved in the failed scam. Another similar attempt is being investigated in Krasnodar, where additional defendants prepared fake documents to take over Good Energy's money.
The criminal case against former Vympel officer Stanislav Drozd, ex-IT company head Andrey Paltsev, and his cousin Yuri Karasev was filed in November 2020. They are accused of attempted fraud on a large scale. The founder of Delta Group LLC, Pavel Yukhvidin, who is wanted internationally, allegedly asked Drozd to find people to participate in the scam for 5% of the $8 million in Good Energy's account with Alfa Bank. Paltsev and his brother were involved in the scam.
The attackers tried to transfer $1.7 million to a Turkish company controlled by Pavel Yukhvidin using a fake power of attorney to access Good Energy Corp.'s funds.
The fraudsters attempted to use a false power of attorney to transfer funds, but Alfa-Bank staff refused the request for an account statement, as the power of attorney was not in their records. Despite preparing a new fake power of attorney and forged payment documents, the scammers were unsuccessful. Alfa-Bank security service had already alerted law enforcement about the suspicious activity.
Alfa-Bank closely monitors customer transactions to check documents and verify the authorities of individuals involved. The bank takes steps to prevent fraud and to expose and bring criminals to justice, as seen in this case.
Meanwhile, while the investigation was nearing completion in the capital, another attempt was made to get money from Good Energy Corp., but in another bank.
On this fact, the investigative department of the ICR for the Krasnodar Territory opened a criminal case also under Part 3 of Art. 30 and part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and in addition, under Part 1 of Art. 303 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (falsification of evidence) in November last year. Denis Sinodalnov, the general director of a construction company from Podolsk near Moscow, SIN-stroy, and unemployed people from Novorossiysk, Vasily Timofeev and Vyacheslav Bukhtiyarov, became his defendants (hiding and put on the wanted list). According to the materials of the case, Mr. Sinodalnov decided to initiate a lawsuit in the summer of 2021 by filing a lawsuit about Good Energy’s alleged debt to SIN-stroy LLC for the supply of used equipment. According to the criminal case, Mr. Sinodalnov prepared a fake contract for the sale of equipment, a specification of equipment, an act of its acceptance and transfer, etc. At the same time, according to the investigation, a fake power of attorney was issued in the name of Mr. her interests in court. In June 2021, according to the case file, Mr. Timofeev filed a claim for 600 million rubles. and other papers prepared by Mr. Sinodalnov to the Leninsky District Court of Novorossiysk. During the process, Vyacheslav Bukhtiyarov agreed with the claims. Judge Dmitry Dianov satisfied them on July 2, 2021, issued Vasily Timofeev a writ of execution with instructions for immediate execution. Meanwhile, lawyer Kirill Belsky, a representative of the consulting firm as the injured party in the criminal case, noted that the investigation found that the signatures on the documents submitted to the court did not belong to the president of Good Energy, and the seals on them did not correspond to the originals.
In addition, the investigation found that in July 2021, Judge Dianov issued Timofeev another writ of execution for the same amount, although this is prohibited by law, and the request for re-extradition was received in the case three days after its actual issuance.
