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Law enforcement officers detained the deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Oleg Korshunov, a source in the department told RBC.A search is currently underway in the apartment of the deputy head of the department.
A source in the FSB said that investigative actions against Korshunov are related to the expenditure of funds for the construction of the Kresty-2 pre-trial detention center in St. Petersburg.
According to other sources, the reason for Korshunov’s detention was a signal from the Investigative Committee about the involvement of the deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the theft of over 1 billion rubles. The resolution on the transfer of a report of a crime under investigative jurisdiction refers to the audit materials available to the department of the Investigative Committee for the Kaluga region, according to which Korshunov “abused his official authority” and participated in the creation of a criminal scheme to steal “monetary funds intended for transfer to the budget of the Russian Federation” for a total amount more than 1 billion rubles.
In turn, an Interfax source reported that Korshunov was on vacation before his arrest, as he planned to resign from the Federal Penitentiary Service.
Previously, the Accounts Chamber reported that its audit revealed a number of violations in the process of spending budget funds by the Federal Penitentiary Service in 2016. The report of the control agency noted, in particular, that when reporting on the execution of government contracts for “Cross-2”, the Federal Penitentiary Service “grossly distorted” the reporting, underestimating the debt by almost 768 million rubles.
In March 2017, the Investigative Committee charged Viktor Kudrin, the ex-general director of OJSC GSK, which was the contractor for the construction of Kresty-2, with embezzlement. According to the investigation, in 2007-2015, the Federal Penitentiary Service entered into a government contract and additional agreements with GSK, transferring 12.27 billion rubles to the general contractor, but the work was not completed in full, and the suspect stole 56.645 million rubles.
On September 2, the Kolpinsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested Khamkhokov for two months, who is suspected of transferring 350 million rubles. Deputy Head of the Federal Penitentiary Service for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region Sergei Moiseenko.
“Crosses-2” should become the largest pre-trial detention center in Europe, capable of accepting 4 thousand people under investigation at once.Construction of the first buildings of the Kresty-2 prison complex was completed in the fall of 2014, but the detention center has not yet begun to operate.
The cost of the project, according to the Federal Penitentiary Service, was initially about 12 billion rubles. The transport of prisoners to the new detention center was repeatedly postponed. At first it was planned that residents of existing pre-trial detention centers would move to a new location in the summer of 2016, then in the fall. Then the move was scheduled for 2017.
The new deputy director of the department, Oleg Korshunov, came from business, he was not previously associated with the penitentiary system and was supposed to eradicate corruption in the FSIN. However, The CrimeRussia, during its investigation, established that the department continued to distribute multimillion-dollar contracts “based on acquaintances.”
The future official graduated from the Moscow Financial Institute with a degree in Finance and Credit (his classmate was the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov); managed to work as the head of the Sinectika bank; was a member of the board of the Moscow Bank for Reconstruction and Development (now MTS Bank). In 2004-2006, Korshunov worked as deputy chairman of the Interregional Foundation for Presidential Programs under the leadership of Igor Zubov, the current deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After this, the future deputy director of the FSIN headed the Department of Economic Development and Trade of the Ryazan Region, then was an assistant to Rifkat Altynbaev, a member of the Federation Council from the Ryazan Region.
In 2013, Korshunov became the head of the financial and economic department of the Federal Penitentiary Service, and already in 2014, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (the first member of the service’s management staff who does not have military ranks). Great hopes were placed on Korshunov: a financier with extensive work experience was supposed to put an end to the constant “cuts” within the department. As it soon became clear, these hopes were not justified.
During his two years as deputy director, Korshunov managed to become involved in several corruption scandals. In April 2015, police began an investigation into the theft of budget funds allocated for the repair of pre-trial detention center No. 10 in the city of Mozhaisk, Moscow Region, and unexpectedly found signs of another crime. The Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Construction Administration for the Central Federal District” carried out repairs in a complex of Moscow buildings owned by the Federal Penitentiary Service. However, according to the investigation, the work was not completed, although it was fully paid for in the amount of 2.6 million rubles from the budget. All documents under the contract were endorsed by Oleg Korshunov, and therefore an investigation was launched against him.
The basis for the investigation was the report of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation. According to auditors, the Federal Penitentiary Service illegally attracted commercial structures for the construction and repair of its facilities. The volume of work performed by subcontractors is estimated at 7.1 billion rubles. At the same time, the heads of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise FSIN allegedly embezzled 250.5 million rubles for intermediary services.
For example, FSUE Kaluzhskoye, previously headed by a certain Andrei Mukhetdinov, received government contracts worth 2.7 billion rubles. As it turned out, Korshunov and Mukhetdinov had known each other for a long time from working in the Ryazan region (where Mukhetdinov worked as the head of the region’s environmental management department); moreover, they were co-founders of several companies. According to media reports, FSUE Kaluzhskoye often entered into contracts with the organizations Avers Patrol LLC and T-Helper Telecom CJSC, which are associated with Neftegazopererabotka Corporation LLC, where the founders are Andrey Mukhetdinov, Oleg Korshunov and his brother Valery.
The new enterprise was created on the basis of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Central Base of Material and Technical Supply of the Office of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Stavropol Territory" and was named the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Production and Industrial House" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia. And it seems that when the deputy director of the department spoke about creating a structure “for interaction with business,” he literally meant the business of a specific person, because all the contracts of the new federal state unitary enterprise were concluded with the companies of a certain Harutyunyan Smbat Arshaki.
Analysis of government procurement of the new institution allows us to draw several conclusions. Firstly, the Federal State Unitary Enterprise concludes contracts only with a single supplier, i.e., without conducting competitive procedures. Secondly, most of the purchases of the “Production and Industrial House” can be divided into two groups: “production of goods” and “purchase of materials”. And if contracts of the first group are expectedly concluded with colonies, then contracts from the second group are given to several affiliated structures. According to the extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and the official government procurement portal, the contractors under the contracts of the new Federal State Unitary Enterprise are: TPK Lesopostavka LLC, Promtorgobuv LLC, TPK Dace Group LLC, IP Harutyunyan Smbat Arshaki, Multishvey Group LLC and Obuv Trest LLC ". In addition to the production of materials, suppliers provide services for the rental of equipment and carry out work on the production of semi-finished products for the manufacture of shoes. The total amount of all contracts concluded with these companies (and individual entrepreneurs of the companies) is 767,925,628 rubles.
Upon careful inspection, it turns out that all the contractors of the new structure are in one way or another connected with one person - a certain Harutyunyan Smbat Arshaki. According to Kontur-Focus, he is/was the founder and/or general director of TPK Dace Group LLC, TPK Lesopostavka LLC, Promtorg Obuv LLC and DATSE Group LLC.
As a result, it turns out that the Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), Oleg Korshunov, who was called upon to change the system, ended up adapting to it himself and began to play by its rules?
A criminal case was opened against the Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) of Russia Oleg Korshunov. On Wednesday, September 13, official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) Svetlana Petrenko told RIA Novosti.
“The Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against the Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia Oleg Korshunov on the grounds of a crime provided for in Part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Embezzlement on an especially large scale using an official position”). The suspect has been detained,” she said.
During the search, 3 million rubles, 10 thousand dollars and 4 thousand euros, a collection of expensive watches from famous world brands, a PM service pistol assigned to him and ammunition for it were discovered and confiscated from Korshunov.
Experts from the capital's luxury watch pawnshops, who, at Life's request, evaluated the collection from photographs, agreed that it was not of particular value. According to the expert, the general’s entire collection is worth about four million rubles and consists mainly of little-known and relatively budget watches.
The experts' attention was drawn to only two specimens from Korshunov's collection, the price of which, in fact, determines the cost of his entire collection. We are talking about the Roger Dubuis Excalibur Chronograph 45mm (pictured: bottom row, second from left). This is the creation of a former engineer at the legendary watch manufacturer Patek Philippe and ex-Franck Muller designer Roger Dubuis, who ensured that his products entered the first league. A new chronograph costs about $30 thousand (1.7 million rubles), but on the secondary market such watches are sold relatively inexpensively - for $10–12 thousand.
Another noteworthy exhibit from Korshunov’s collection was the Rebellion RE-1 watch (top left). The rectangular case is made of stainless steel and was designed by renowned Swiss designer Eric Giroux. The model is equipped with an automatic RE-1 movement with a power reserve of 42 hours. Supplied on a black rubber strap with a double folding clasp. A new watch costs approximately $25 thousand.
The reputation of the Federal Penitentiary Service, which had been considerably damaged by corruption scandals, had to be restored by the new deputy head of the department, the experienced financier Oleg Korshunov. His primary task was to create a trading house of the Federal Penitentiary Service, designed to streamline all financial transactions of the structure. However, the new federal state unitary enterprise, created for cooperation with business, gave government contracts worth 770 million rubles to one person.
On October 18, the International Exhibition of State Support Equipment “Interpolitex-2016” was held in Moscow. At the event, organized by the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, achievements in the field of creating special equipment, weapons, technical security equipment and supplies for the army and other structures responsible for state security were demonstrated.
A special place at the exhibition was occupied by the stands of the Federal Penitentiary Service, which presented more than 1.5 thousand exhibits manufactured in Russian correctional institutions. Deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Oleg Korshunov proudly spoke about the achievements of the prisoners’ work. According to him, in 2016, the structures of the penitentiary system have already concluded contracts for the supply of various goods for a total amount of 50 billion rubles. Among the clients of the executive department are the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications; The FSO and the National Guard are thinking about cooperation. Korshunov also noted that a separate exhibition of products produced in the colonies is planned in 2017.
As follows from the speech of the deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, the volume of the “prison” business and the income from it are really growing. At the same time, the FSIN has repeatedly figured in high-profile corruption scandals - it is worth recalling the case of the alleged theft of 2.7 billion rubles by the former head of the department, Alexander Reimer, or the case of possible fraud of 350 million rubles by the former director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Cannery of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia" Pavel Belikov.
This raises fair doubts about the fair distribution of income received from the labor of prisoners. The new deputy director of the department, Oleg Korshunov, came from business; he was not previously associated with the penitentiary system and was supposed to eradicate corruption in the FSIN. However, The CrimeRussia, during its investigation, established that the department continues to distribute multimillion-dollar contracts “based on acquaintances.”
Prison "jacket"
In military structures, a “jacket” is called an officer or a high-ranking leader who began serving in the army after a civilian university. This characteristic fully applies to Oleg Adolfovich Korshunov, deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, who came to the structures of the penitentiary system from business.
The future official graduated from the Moscow Financial Institute with a degree in Finance and Credit (his classmate was the Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation Anton Siluanov); managed to work as the head of the Sinectika bank; was a member of the board of the Moscow Bank for Reconstruction and Development (now MTS Bank). In 2004-2006, Korshunov worked as deputy chairman of the Interregional Foundation for Presidential Programs under the leadership of Igor Zubov, the current deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After this, the future deputy director of the FSIN headed the Department of Economic Development and Trade of the Ryazan Region, then was an assistant to Rifkat Altynbaev, a member of the Federation Council from the Ryazan Region.
In 2013, Korshunov became the head of the financial and economic department of the Federal Penitentiary Service, and already in 2014, by decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was appointed deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (the first member of the service’s management staff who does not have military ranks). The department, which had undermined its image with constant corruption scandals, decided to bring in a completely new person, not associated with internal “clans” and “elites.” When taking office, Korshunov promised to end corruption in the organization and call the head of each division of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “on the carpet” to answer the question about his effectiveness. Great hopes were placed on Korshunov: a financier with extensive work experience was supposed to put an end to the constant “cuts” within the department. As it soon became clear, these hopes were not justified.
Pseudo-repair
During his two years as deputy director, Korshunov managed to become involved in several corruption scandals. In April 2015, police began an investigation into the theft of budget funds allocated for the repair of pre-trial detention center No. 10 in the city of Mozhaisk, Moscow Region, and unexpectedly found signs of another crime. As investigators established, the former acting director of the departmental Federal State Unitary Enterprise Vasily Vozgalov accepted and paid for work under a contract worth 17.2 million rubles for the overhaul of soft roofing and heating networks, which was never completed. The fictitious work was carried out by the Promotdelstroy company, one of the founders of which is the acting director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise. A criminal case was initiated against Vozgalov under Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Fraud”).
While studying the materials, investigators came across another episode of alleged fraud carried out according to the same scheme. The Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Construction Administration for the Central Federal District” carried out repairs in a complex of Moscow buildings owned by the Federal Penitentiary Service. However, according to the investigation, the work was not completed, although it was fully paid for in the amount of 2.6 million rubles from the budget. All documents under the contract were endorsed by Oleg Korshunov, and therefore an investigation was launched against him.
The basis for the investigation was the report of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation. According to auditors, the Federal Penitentiary Service illegally attracted commercial structures for the construction and repair of its facilities. The volume of work performed by subcontractors is estimated at 7.1 billion rubles. At the same time, the heads of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise FSIN allegedly embezzled 250.5 million rubles for intermediary services.
Friendship contracts
As mentioned earlier, at the beginning of his work in the executive department, Korshunov promised to strictly control the activities of each federal state unitary enterprise under his control. However, certain doubts arise about the impartiality of the deputy head of the FSIN in the distribution of government orders among subordinate institutions. For example, FSUE Kaluzhskoye, previously headed by a certain Andrei Mukhetdinov, received government contracts worth 2.7 billion rubles.
As it turned out, Korshunov and Mukhetdinov had known each other for a long time from working in the Ryazan region (where Mukhetdinov worked as the head of the region’s environmental management department); moreover, they were co-founders of several companies.
Previously, the media examined in detail Mukhetdinov’s activities as head of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise.
Journalists talked about suspicious contracts concluded by this institution. For example, a contract for the supply of video and audio recorders worth 125 million rubles was concluded with Spetstekhstroy LLC, which offered models that were outdated compared to other companies, but this did not influence the department’s decision.
Upon further inspection, it turns out that the former colleague of the deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service also worked as the director of another organization of the penitentiary system - Federal State Agricultural Enterprise "Ulyanovskoye" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia.
This institution, as a participant, received contracts worth 5.8 billion rubles, and as a customer entered into contracts for another 4.9 billion rubles.
According to media reports, FSUE Kaluzhskoye often entered into contracts with the organizations Avers Patrol LLC and T-Helper Telecom CJSC, which are associated with Neftegazopererabotka Corporation LLC, where the founders are Andrey Mukhetdinov, Oleg Korshunov and his brother Valery.
Among the founders of the Oil Refining Corporation is also Denis Igorevich Zubov, the son of Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Igor Zubov, Korshunov’s former boss: the financier worked for two years at the Interregional Fund for Presidential Programs, headed by Igor Zubov.
It turns out that Zubov and Korshunov were connected not only by workers, but also by commercial interests. Perhaps it was the high-ranking head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who provided patronage to his former employee in obtaining the position.
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Denis Zubov is an entrepreneur in the field of oil production and a person involved in the Panama Archives, who already at the age of 22 owned the offshore company The Monumental Property Company in the Virgin Islands. In 2004, Zubov Jr. sold a stake in the offshore to the famous businessman Igor Khudokormov, the owner of the Prodimex group, the leader of the Russian sugar industry, and one of the largest landowners in the country.
“Oil and Gas Refining” is not the only organization in which the interests of the security forces intersect. For example, Spetsburstroy LLC was founded by Andrei and Irina Mukhetdinova, as well as a certain Marina Zubova, possibly the wife of Igor Zubov.
Irina Mukhetdinova and Marina Zubova also have shares in Leader LLC, which is engaged in taxi transportation.
Prison trade house
Korshunov’s main idea, with which he came to the FSIN, was the creation of a departmental trading house that would take over all commercial relations between entrepreneurs and heads of colonies. The deputy head of the FSIN spoke about this in detail in an interview with Kommersant. The new structure was supposed to form a single vertical of financial relations, which would eliminate elements of corruption, when heads of colonies in the role of local “kings”, when concluding an agreement, demand from businessmen additional preferences for themselves personally. In addition, the department would receive a large cash influx from new orders, which at that time were sold through a series of intermediary entrepreneurs who won government contracts and then subcontracted the execution to prisons. The deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service wisely concludes that “commerce and contracts should be handled not by people in uniform who do not know how to do this, but by civilian specialists.”
The idea really sounds very reasonable, and in this regard, Korshunov’s experience as a banker and entrepreneur would be very helpful indeed. However, the question is how this plan was implemented.
The new enterprise was created on the basis of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Central Base of Material and Technical Supply of the Office of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Stavropol Territory" and was named the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Production and Industrial House" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia. In the media, Korshunov said that some orders are already going through the new structure, although the recruitment of experts to work at the enterprise continues.
It seems that when the deputy director of the department spoke about creating a structure “for interaction with business,” he literally meant the business of a specific person, because all the contracts of the new federal state unitary enterprise were concluded with the companies of a certain Harutyunyan Smbat Arshaki.
Analysis of government procurement of the new institution allows us to draw several conclusions. Firstly, the Federal State Unitary Enterprise concludes contracts only with a single supplier, i.e., without conducting competitive procedures. Secondly, most of the purchases of the “Production and Industrial House” can be divided into two groups: “production of goods” and “purchase of materials”. And if contracts of the first group are expectedly concluded with colonies, then contracts from the second group are given to several affiliated structures. According to the extract from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and the official government procurement portal, the contractors under the contracts of the new Federal State Unitary Enterprise are: TPK Lesopostavka LLC, Promtorgobuv LLC, TPK Dace Group LLC, IP Harutyunyan Smbat Arshaki, Multishvey Group LLC and Obuv Trest LLC ". In addition to the production of materials, suppliers provide services for the rental of equipment and carry out work on the production of semi-finished products for the manufacture of shoes. The total amount of all contracts concluded with these companies (and individual entrepreneurs of the companies) is 767,925,628 rubles. Let us remind you once again that all these agreements were concluded without competition.
As an example, here is a link to a contract concluded between the Production and Industrial House and Promtorgobuv LLC for the supply of materials for the manufacture of shoes, the price is 374,460,730 rubles.
Upon careful inspection, it turns out that all the contractors of the new structure are in one way or another connected with one person - a certain Harutyunyan Smbat Arshaki. According to Kontur-Focus, he is/was the founder and/or general director of TPK Dace Group LLC, TPK Lesopostavka LLC, Promtorg Obuv LLC and DATSE Group LLC.
It is noteworthy that Harutyunyan owns Promtorg Obuv, while the Production and Industrial House enters into contracts with Promtorgobuv (the difference is in the spelling of the name). However, Promtorgobuv is owned by Mikhail Anatolyevich Dudkin, who holds the post of general director at Promtorg Obuv. This kind of legal tricks is designed to confuse possible checks.
Multishvey Group LLC is owned and managed by Irina Imomnazarovna Shatova, who is the CEO of DACE Group LLC.
The founder of Obuv Trest LLC is Alexander Yakovlevich Shkuratov, Harutyunyan’s business partner and former head of DACE Group.
It is noteworthy that at the moment the Obuv Trust is headed by a fictitious leader - a certain Sharafullin Amir Linarovich. The basis for this characteristic is the fact that this boss also heads another 451 (!!!) companies. Apparently, such a move was supposed to hide the affiliation of Harutyunyan’s structures.
In addition, the commercial interests of Shkuratov and Harutyunyan overlapped in the company Aphrodite LLC. Its founder was Smbat Harutyunyan, and the post of general director was held over the years by Ani Smbatovna Harutyunyan (based on the last and patronymic name, one can assume that this is the daughter of an entrepreneur) and Alexander Shkuratov.
Later, a fictitious manager, Lyudmila Nikolaevna Kuzikova (manages 326 companies), also took over the company.
Over the 5 years of its existence, the organization has received government contracts totaling 1.1 billion rubles.
It is worth noting that it is very difficult to find any information about Shkuratov’s connection with Dace Group. Even in the databases, the entrepreneur does not appear anywhere as the head of the enterprise. However, information that the businessman held a senior position in the company was preserved on the website of the administration of the city of Kuznetsk, where the Dace Group shoe factory is located. Shkuratov is also mentioned as the manager of Dace Group in the report of the head of the Department of Industry and Energy of the Penza Region, Makarov.
At first glance, Alexander Shkuratov is in no way connected with high-ranking officials from law enforcement agencies. However, looking at the list of the Areopagus club of graduates of the Financial Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation (former MFI), one can notice that, in addition to Oleg Korshunov himself, the namesake of the Kuznetsk entrepreneur, Alexander Shkuratov, appears there. It is quite possible that this is a coincidence and the former student of the Financial University has nothing to do with the businessman whose company is so generously financed by the FSIN. But if you look closely at the list, you will notice several more matches with the names of the heads of the largest enterprises in Kuznetsk:
If we assume that the coincidence of surnames from the two lists is not an accident, then this means that the most important enterprises of Kuznetsk are controlled by members of the Areopagus club or their relatives.
Pearl of Kuznetsk
It is worth talking separately about the Dace Group company, with which law enforcement agencies so often enter into contracts. The company's production workshop is located in the building of the Kuznetsk shoe factory, known since Soviet times. In 2011, the company was closed due to bankruptcy, but since 2013, work there has begun again. The head of Kuznetsk, Sergei Aleksandrovich Zlatogorsky, personally came to the opening of the new enterprise; he was met by the then general director of the company, Shkuratov. Over the three years of its existence, 200 million rubles were invested in the reconstruction of the factory. However, these investments have already paid off many times over - you just have to look at the number of government contracts the company has received from various law enforcement agencies. According to Kontur-Focus, since 2013, DACE Group LLC and TPK Dace Group LLC have received government orders for almost 850 million rubles, of which 79 million rubles were received from the Production and Industrial House of the Federal Penitentiary Service.
In September 2016, the FAS opened a case against Dace Group, accusing the shoe company of commercial conspiracy and participation in a cartel. The essence of the conspiracy is that the enterprises agreed in advance which tenders they would participate in, as a result of which they distributed victories among themselves in various competitive procedures and did not allow the initial maximum contract price to be reduced.
Financier in uniform
As a result, it turns out that the person called upon to change the system ended up adapting to it and began to play by its rules. However, this is only at first glance. When a person with a completely different background comes to the power structure, he is usually assigned some special tasks where his experience is needed. In the Federal Penitentiary Service, there is a long overdue need to structure a highly profitable business built on the cheap labor of prisoners. Perhaps the creation of a strong financial vertical in the department is the main goal of Oleg Korshunov’s stay at the FSIN, so he was given carte blanche to build connections. The CrimeRussia will continue to monitor the activities of the deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service and the trading house he created.
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The FSIN abused the pre-trial detention center
The Investigative Committee opened a new criminal case against the former deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia Oleg Korshunov, who was in charge of logistics issues for the prison department. Abuse of authority during the construction of a pre-trial detention center in Crimea was added to the list of accusations of multimillion-dollar thefts during the purchase of sugar, fuel and lubricants and boots. The investigation believes that out of selfish interest, a high-ranking official ensured that contracts were concluded with the company of his friend businessman Andrei Uglanov, who did not fulfill his obligations. Oleg Korshunov himself categorically denies suspicions, insisting that he did not sign a single document related to the pre-trial detention center, which, by the way, was built after all.
A new case was opened against the former deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the theft of 140 million rubles
Another criminal case was opened against the former deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Oleg Korshunov. He is accused of embezzling 140 million rubles from the budget. TASS reports this with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies.
According to the source, Korshunov “entered into a criminal conspiracy with businessman Harutyunyan” and embezzled 140 million rubles, which were allocated for the purchase of shoes for employees of the penitentiary system.
Ex-deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Korshunov interrogated as a suspect in new fraud cases
MOSCOW, February 6. /TASS/. Former deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia Oleg Korshunov, accused of theft on an especially large scale, was interrogated as a suspect in new cases of theft of 90 million rubles. His lawyer Alexander Linnikov reported this to TASS on Tuesday.
“As expected, today our client was notified of the initiation of two new criminal cases and interrogated as a suspect. He has not been charged. Korshunov gave detailed explanations on all the investigator’s questions,” the lawyer said, adding that the investigation promises to carry out a number of additional investigative actions next week.
Two more criminal cases were opened against ex-deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Korshunov
The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened two more new criminal proceedings for fraud on an especially large scale against the former deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Oleg Korshunov, who was previously charged with embezzlement, Interfax reports.
“He and his accomplices - Vitaly Morusov and Smbat Harutyunyan - are suspected of committing two episodes of a crime under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud) in the amount of 90 million rubles,” the department’s press service said.
According to the investigation, Korshunov, pursuing selfish goals, entered into a conspiracy with the general director of TPK DACE Group LLC Harutyunyan. They stole funds allocated by the state for the purchase of shoes for the needs of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia. The fraud occurred through the “unreasonable substitution” of materials for cheaper ones for the production of shoes.
Accomplice of ex-deputy head of the FSIN Korshunova admitted guilt - source
Entrepreneur Marina Dyukova, accused of aiding former deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) of Russia Oleg Korshunov in an embezzlement case, admitted guilt and entered into a deal with the investigation, TASS reports, citing a source in law enforcement agencies.
Earlier today it became known that the Basmanny Court of Moscow softened the preventive measure for Dyukova, sending her under house arrest. She is accused of attempted embezzlement or embezzlement committed by an organized group on an especially large scale.
The Investigative Committee opened a new criminal case against the detained former deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) of Russia Oleg Korshunov. In addition to fraud in the supply of granulated sugar and automobile fuel to penitentiary institutions, Mr. Korshunov is now accused of fraud in the purchase of shoes for prisoners, causing damage of almost 100 million rubles. Thus, the investigation now estimates the total damage from the actions of the former high-ranking FSIN employee at almost 300 million rubles.
New case under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud on an especially large scale) against Oleg Korshunov, the Investigative Committee opened the case last Tuesday. It says that the ex-deputy director FSIN in 2016, together with his accomplices - the general director of TPK DACE Group LLC Smbat Harutyunyan and the head of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Production and Industrial House" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia Vitaly Morusov, stole more than 90 million rubles from the budget. out of 375 million rubles allocated for the purchase of shoes for prisoners and materials for their production. In particular, the fraud was carried out by replacing the materials for its production with cheaper ones, “not provided for by the technical conditions of the government contract.”
The shoes themselves, the Investigative Committee reported, were made by prisoners held in correctional colonies. According to documents, raw materials and materials of inadequate quality were supplied by TPK DACE Group LLC to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Proizvodstvenno-industrial House" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, which supposedly was supposed to sew shoes. Then Oleg Korshunov, as follows from the case materials, sent letters to the heads of the territorial bodies of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia demanding that they conclude a state contract for the supply of footwear products for the needs of the penal system with this particular Federal State Unitary Enterprise. Mr. Morusov, according to the Investigative Committee, knowingly knowing that shoes would not be produced at his enterprise, signed on behalf of the “Production and Industrial House” with Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Lipetsk region and the Perm Territory, government contracts for the supply of “material property of their own production, without intending to fulfill it.” As a result, more than 90 million rubles were transferred from Lipetsk and the Perm Territory to the FSUE account. Then Mr. Morusov, the case says, under the guise of payment for materials and rental of equipment under agreements previously concluded with companies controlled by Smbat Harutyunyan, transferred this money to their account. They were subsequently kidnapped.
Mr. Korshunov’s defense stated that the investigation prepared the new “absurd” episode solely in order to achieve an extension of the defendant’s arrest next week.
“In our opinion, the episodes with the purchase of sugar and fuel practically fell apart, and in order to convince the court of the need to keep Korshunov in custody, this new story appeared. The investigation has not yet familiarized us with its details,” said lawyer Sergei Starovoitov.
Let us recall that Oleg Korshunov, who has been responsible for logistics support at the Federal Penitentiary Service since mid-2015, was detained in September last year. Him, as well as his friend, an entrepreneur Marina Dyukova, charged with embezzlement (Part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) of more than 160 million rubles. when concluding two government contracts - for the supply of granulated sugar and motor fuel to the penitentiary department - at inflated prices. Mr. Korshunov categorically does not admit his guilt in the acts accused of him. His lawyers argue that the contracts and all the conditions under them were prepared by the predecessor of the accused, who is now a witness in the case.
Oleg Rubnikovich
How Morusov and Harutyunyan helped Korshunov “put the shoes on” the FSIN
[...] Today, the Investigative Committee issued a message about the initiation of criminal cases against the former deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Oleg Korshunov, as well as his alleged accomplices Vitaly Morusov and Smbat Harutyunyan, under the fourth part of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (“Fraud on an especially large scale as part of a group”). This qualification carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.
Vitaly Morusov and Smbat Harutyunyan are businessmen who were closely associated with the FSIN. Previously, they were not mentioned in the “big” criminal case of embezzlement, in which Oleg Korshunov is the main accused. [...] In this case, together with Korshunov, the former deputy head of the financial and economic department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia Svetlana Alekseeva, businesswoman Marina Dyukova, head of the department of armored vehicles, watercraft and fuels and lubricants of the Federal Penitentiary Service were arrested Alexey Danilov .
New criminal cases emerged after investigators began to raise other contracts concluded by Korshunov. The lawyer of the deputy head of the FSIN, Alexander Linnikov, says that he does not yet know who Morusov and Harutyunyan are and what is being discussed in the new cases. Sources in law enforcement agencies said that the new charges are related to contracts for the production of special shoes for prisoners and security forces, which were also concluded in 2015–2016 with the structures of Morusov and Harutyunyan.
They installed equipment in the colonies, which prisoners used to produce shoes. This was convenient for everyone - the colonies received production and orders, the prisoners received income. These shoes were regularly exhibited at the Interpolitex exhibition,” the source said.
According to investigators, in agreement with Korshunov, businessmen used old equipment under the guise of new, and also replaced materials in the production of shoes with cheaper analogues. The Investigative Committee believes that people from the Federal Penitentiary Service and businessmen made 90 million rubles from these frauds.
According to the SPARK database, Vitaly Morusov managed a whole brood of companies and even managed to work as the general director of a federal state unitary enterprise controlled by the Federal Penitentiary Service. The Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Production and Industrial House of the Federal Penitentiary Service" directly belongs to the Stavropol division of the prison department. Its main activity is clothing trading. According to the SPARK database and data from open sources, this company supplies workwear to FSIN institutions throughout the country. In 2017 alone, he concluded government contracts with them for 611 million.
Morusov also runs the capital's Rostekhnika company, which produces factory machines and equipment. Among the company's activities is the clothing trade. So it is possible that Rostekhnika also produced equipment for the production of shoes. Over the years, Morusov managed seven different companies, including fuel and furniture.
Smbat Harutyunyan also manages several companies supplying wood and wooden materials. One of them - TPK Lesopostavka - in 2016 sold timber blanks worth 261 million to the very same federal state unitary enterprise that Morusov led. This is evidenced by the SPARK database. Moreover, all contracts were concluded as with a single supplier. Perhaps the FSIN thought that only Harutyunyan’s company was capable of producing blanks for plywood boxes.
He also owns the company "Factory of Special Footwear". She supplied shoes to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Most of Harutyunyan's firms do not publish income data. There is only information about the Datsa Group, which sells boots to police officers worth hundreds of millions of rubles. According to the latest current data, in 2014 its turnover was 312 million rubles.
It is still unclear where both businessmen are now. Nobody answers the phone numbers of the companies. It is possible that they were detained and, perhaps, one of them made a deal with the investigation and testified against Korshunov. According to other information, they were contacted after one of the defendants previously arrested in the main Korshunov case began to cooperate with the investigation.
Vadim Taktarov
“Kommersant” became aware of new details of the criminal case against the former deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia Oleg Korshunov. As it turned out, the fraud with the purchase of materials for sewing shoes for prisoners, which the Investigative Committee is now accusing the official of, was discovered by the FSIN’s own security service back in 2016, and Mr. Korshunov then gave instructions to “get to the bottom of it and bring the perpetrators to justice.” As a result, leather supplier Smbat Harutyunyan and director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Production and Industrial House” of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia Vitaly Morusov were arrested. The first allegedly testified about Oleg Korshunov’s participation in the fraud.
Fraud in the supply of materials for sewing shoes for prisoners was detected in 2016 by the internal security service of the Federal Penitentiary Service in the Lipetsk region and Perm region. According to the concluded agreements, the head of TPK DACE Group LLC, Smbat Harutyunyan, was supposed to supply yuft leather for sewing boots to the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Production and Industrial House" of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia. However, under the guise of this material, he shipped cheaper and lower quality, the so-called split leather. The security guards reported the detected substitution to the Deputy Director of the Federal Penitentiary Service Oleg Korshunov, who was responsible for logistics support in the department. He gave instructions to “look into it and bring the perpetrators to justice.”
Criminal case under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud on an especially large scale) was initiated by the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation on May 12, 2017. Two weeks later, the first defendants appeared. At the request of the investigation, the Basmanny District Court of Moscow took Smbat Harutyunyan and Vitaly Morusov into custody. At the same time, the first not only fully admitted his guilt in deception, but also petitioned to conclude a pre-trial agreement with him. In it, he allegedly reported on more significant frauds and that Oleg Korshunov participated in them. So in the case of the deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, who was accused of embezzlement (Part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) of more than 160 million rubles. During the supply of granulated sugar and automobile fuel to the penitentiary department at inflated prices, two new episodes appeared.
In particular, the Investigative Committee believes that suspects Arutyunyan, Morusov and Korshunov entered into a criminal conspiracy, the purpose of which was to steal budget funds allocated for the purchase of materials and sewing shoes for prisoners. To do this, at the end of 2015, businessman Harutyunyan placed equipment for sewing shoes for special contingents in IK-6 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Lipetsk region and IK-18 of the GUFSIN of Russia in the Perm Territory. Mr. Harutyunyan also put leather split leather there instead of yuft leather. From it, prisoners of these colonies subsequently sewed a total of almost 100 thousand pairs of men's and women's boots worth more than 100 million rubles. At the same time, according to the documents that were at the disposal of the Investigative Committee, it turned out that the production and supply of shoes to the FSIN was allegedly carried out by the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Vitaly Morusov, with whom the customers paid. The investigation estimates the damage caused at almost 95 million rubles.
Oleg Korshunov’s defense calls the new accusations against their client absolutely groundless. “You need to have a very unique sense of humor to open a criminal case against Oleg Korshunov by simply rewriting the charges against Vitaly Morusov and Smbat Harutyunyan and adding that they did all this on Korshunov’s instructions. True, the investigator forgot to add that Korshunov himself discovered all this and stopped it,” say the lawyers of the former deputy director of the Federal Penitentiary Service.
