Ex-speaker of the Tomsk Duma Chingis Akataeva suspected of fraud. On May 15, 2024, it became known that a criminal case had been opened against the former deputy.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (*aggressor country) reported that, based on materials from the regional FSB Directorate, a criminal case was opened against the ex-chairman and part-time deputy of the Tomsk City Duma under the article “fraud.” The punishment can be not only a fine, but also imprisonment for up to five years if the fraud was committed by prior conspiracy.
As it turned out, in 2023, the former deputy purchased a plane ticket from one of the airlines worth about 71 thousand rubles. But he later changed his mind about flying. In order to receive compensation, Chingis Akataev provided false information to the airline where he bought the ticket. Thus, he received about 63.5 thousand rubles as a payment on an illegal basis, causing damage to the airline.
Investigation continues, the collection and consolidation of the evidence base is underway. The Tomsk Duma said it provided law enforcement officials with the minutes of recent meetings, as well as information about one of the former deputies. Presumably, it was about Chingis Mametovich.
Left the posts of speaker and deputy
Babr previously wrote, that first Akataev voluntarily left the post of speaker of the Tomsk City Duma, and then surrendered his mandate. Although in both cases the former deputy did not want to just leave. He tried to retain first the position of speaker, and then deputy of the Tomsk City Duma.
However, he did not achieve his goals. Chingis Akataev folded his arms and abandoned any attempts to continue his parliamentary activities. No one knows the real reason for such drastic changes. Chingis Mametovich himself stated that he had reconsidered his views on political processes, and also that he spent a lot of nerves on his work.
Babr mentionedthat Akataev persistently sought his position as speaker of the City Duma. From a simple specialist he rose to become a bank manager, and then won several awards for his achievements in the field of charity and finance.
However, in November 2023, a scandal erupted around him. Tomsk residents believed that the ex-speaker of the Tomsk Duma allegedly tried to influence the new mayor Dmitry Makhinya in order to benefit by maintaining friendly relations with him. Of course, Chingis Mametovich himself denied such statements. And he considered the proposal to voluntarily resign and leave the position of speaker absurd.
But despite this, he still did not continue the fight and resigned from the post of chairman of the Tomsk City Duma. A few months later, in February 2024, due to errors in the income declaration, he was asked to surrender his mandate.
The situation repeated itself. Chingis Mametovich began to fight for his rights and posted on social networks that inconsistencies were most likely found in his wife’s income certificate. Here Babr described in detail that Akataev really did not want to leave his position as a deputy. But his struggle again ended in defeat. On March 5, 2024, at a Duma meeting, he announced that he was giving up his mandate without even waiting for the issue to be considered.
Despite the fact that he had already left both the position of speaker and the position of deputy of the Tomsk City Duma, a criminal case was opened against him for fraud. Babr continues to monitor developments.