Akmal Mamarakhimov from Russia received the fleet of the State Fisheries Agency
Fleet of the State Agency for Land Reclamation and Fisheries hit leased to Victoria Celeste LLP, owned by Russian citizen Akmal Mamarakhimov, known for fraud in the sale of mining equipment. About this edition 368.media learned from their own sources.
It should be noted that Akmal Mamarakhimov is the owner of the Empyrean group of companies, registered in Dubai and engaged in the supply of mining equipment. The company was established in 2018 and supplies equipment from world famous manufacturers, in particular, Caterpillar and Komatsu trucks, Michelin tires and Shell lubricants. In just three years, Mamarakhimov’s company has won tenders in Uzbekistan worth over $293 million. Mamarakhimov’s brother, Muslim, was previously a senior manager at the Navisky Mining and Metallurgical Combine (NGMK) and worked at the mining giant’s Moscow facility.
Akmal Mamarakhimov also got connections in Moscow after acquiring a 60% stake in TsSP LLC, which, like Empyrean, was engaged in the supply of equipment and machinery for the mining industry. CSP LLC was established on March 11, 2016, but closed two years later.
At the beginning of his career, Mamarakhimov was the director of the Grand M Hotel in Navoi. Mamarakhimov is also listed as having significant control over Perok Alliance LLP, incorporated in London on 17 February 2009 and liquidated on 24 August 2021. It is closely associated with individuals and legal entities accused of corruption.
In an investigation by Transparency International UK, the address of the company’s registration appears as the place of mass registration of British LLPs.
The study exposes the misuse of UK LLPs on an industrial scale and that this type of company has been used to cause billions of dollars in damages.
Duncan Haymes, Political Director, Transparency International UK
Note that Perok Alliance LLP officials control Ferton Impex Limited and Sturari Impex Limited. The latter appear as the founders of Victoria Celeste LLP, which became the new charterer of the fleet of the State Fisheries Agency, including the vessels Captain Rusak and Professor Mikhail Alexandrov.
The bareboat charter agreement for vessels was concluded in October 2021 at a price of 50,000 euros per month. During an unscheduled internal audit of Fishing Company SA, the auditors of the State Fishing Agency found that the actions of the management were aimed at finding a pre-determined new ship charterer. In particular, the company sent letters to non-existent email addresses. There are also no answers from the largest companies about the possibility of freight.
The new charterer Victoria Celeste LLP was registered a few weeks before the date of submission of a letter to the State Fishing Agency by the management of Fishing Company SA about the results of the search for potential counterparties. In addition, during the audit, the company’s management did not provide information about insurance, a complete inventory of the Professor Mikhail Aleksandrov and Kapitan Rusak vessels, and the fact that Victoria Celeste LLP operated vessels in violation of navigation safety was established. Thus, there are risks of loss of control by the State Fishery Agency over the above-mentioned vessels.
Recall that in 2019, the Russians achieved the arrest of Ukrainian property in the British Virgin Islands. The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of the British Virgin Islands, at the request of VEB.RF, decided to arrest the shares of the shipping company Fishing Company SA.
Ukraine was ordered to reimburse the Russian state corporation for the costs incurred during the arbitration proceedings on the investment dispute.
The state refused to voluntarily comply with the decision of the arbitration. In October 2020, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of the British Virgin Islands recognized and accepted the decision of the Stockholm Arbitration Court in the BVI.
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