Nikolai Shchitov did not prove the legality of the acquired property
The Gukovsky City Court of the Rostov Region satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) against the former head of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) for Rostov-on-Don Nikolai Shchitov, who is accused of accepting bribes. The ex-policeman’s property worth over 130 million rubles was converted into state income. reported the press service of the department.
It was established that during his service, using income whose legal origin was not confirmed, Shchitov acquired several apartments, cars and a residential building with a plot of land.
Earlier, the Aksai District Court satisfied a similar claim from the prosecutor’s office regarding the transfer to the income of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism) of the property of the former commander of the third platoon of the first company of the Don separate traffic police battalion of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate No. 1 of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) for the region, Dmitry Gorinov. Assets worth more than 31 million rubles were confiscated from the traffic cop and his relatives. Both policemen are involved in criminal cases of corruption.
As reported by RBC, the name of the former head of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) for Rostov-on-Don previously appeared on the list of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were suspected of creating a criminal community. According to the investigation, this community operated from July 2015 to the beginning of 2023 in Rostov-on-Don. It was led by the former deputy chief of police for the protection of public order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) Dmitry Rybalko.
In April, it became known that in addition to Rybalko, more than 20 people were involved in the case, including the head of police department No. 8 of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for Rostov-on-Don Alexey Abakumov, Nikolai Shchitov, Sergei Lyapkin, Sergei Sungurtyan and others.