The beneficiary of the Belgorod alcohol distributor Anatoly Fuglaev received 3.5 years for tax fraud for 116 million rubles.
The court in Belgorod sentenced the beneficiary of the large Belgorod alcohol distributor Dobrynya to 3.5 years in prison Anatoly Fuglaev, accused of fraudulent VAT refunds in the amount of more than 100 million rubles. He is also prohibited from engaging in entrepreneurial activities for two years. Businessman pleaded guilty and repaired the damage. The defense believes that after the verdict comes into force, Fuglaev, who has been in the capital’s pre-trial detention center for more than a year, will be able to apply for parole. His younger brother Sergei is accused of a similar crime and is in custody.
The Oktyabrsky District Court of Belgorod found Anatoly Fuglaev guilty of two counts of fraud (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and sentenced him to three years and six months in prison in a penal colony and a fine of 900 thousand rubles. As Kommersant was told in court, he was also prohibited from doing business for two years from the moment of his release. The measure of restraint for Anatoly Fuglaev has not been changed, he remains in custody.
The entrepreneur and his brother Sergei were detained in November 2020. The Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia accused them of fraud. As Kommersant told, the criminal case was based on the facts of illegal VAT refunds for 116 million rubles. structures that were under the control of the Dobrynya Management Company. Anatoly Fuglaev was the current head of the Criminal Code at the time of his arrest, and Sergei was listed as the general director in 2015-2016. The Basmanny District Court of Moscow took the brothers into custody, and then repeatedly extended the arrest.
During the preliminary investigation of the criminal case, Anatoly Fuglaev fully admitted his guilt, repented of his deed and compensated for the damage.
The entrepreneur concluded a pre-trial agreement, his case was separated into a separate proceeding and considered in a special order. Anatoly Fuglaev’s lawyer, Vladimir Gorelik, told Kommersant that the court positively accepted the admission of guilt and compensation for damages and appointed his principal a punishment that would allow him to apply for parole. The defender was waiting for a more lenient sentence in the form of a suspended sentence, and the prosecutor’s office asked to appoint Anatoly Fuglaev four years and six months of real imprisonment. “The court chose something in between,” the lawyer said.
Sergei Fuglaev The case of Anatoly Fuglaev’s brother, Sergei, has not yet been submitted to the court. According to Kommersant’s information, Sergey Fuglaev is getting acquainted with the case. His lawyer, Dmitry Zhdanov, asked that his client be placed under house arrest, pointing out that there was no evidence that he could hide. But the Moscow City Court dismissed the complaint. During his detention, Sergei Fuglaev refused the mandate of a deputy of the Belgorod City Council.
abireg.ru, 02/25/2022, “The ex-head of the Belgorod “Dobrynya” Anatoly Fuglaev was sentenced to a real term in the case of fraud”: The Fuglaev brothers are well-known businessmen in the Belgorod region. Sergei Fuglaev previously headed the Dobrynya Management Company, and then was elected a deputy of the city council. In April last year, the City Council, at the request of a businessman, deprived him of his mandate. Anatoly Fuglaev is a co-owner of a number of large local companies. — Inset K.ru
fonar.tv, 11/16/2021, “Anatoly Fuglaev confessed to fraud and compensated for the damage”: On September 20, a new head was appointed at Dobrynya LLC. The company itself is owned by Valery Zarutsky, who used to be the director of the Okean store, which is now owned by the Fuglaev family.
April 2021 became knownthat Sergey Fuglaev, who was a deputy of the City Council, filed an application for early resignation. And the court ordered the company “Dobrynya” pay more than 500 thousand rubles former employees. A total of 14 people filed claims. The main plaintiffs were employees of the economic security department, including the head of the department, Igor Nechiporenko, the head of the department for legal and corporate issues, Larisa Peregudova, and the head of the information security department, Dmitry Tselykovskikh. — Inset K.ru
In addition to the Fuglaevs, the investigation accused the former financial director of Dobrynya Group of Companies of fraud Irina Akinshina. At the end of 2020, the Basmanny District Court refused to satisfy the investigation’s request to take the woman into custody and sent her under house arrest. Mrs. Akinshina does not admit guilt.
Surrounded by the Fuglaev brothers, the criminal case of entrepreneurs is considered a consequence of the resignation of the governor that happened in the fall of 2020 Evgenia Savchenko.
During his work, “Dobrynya” has become a key player in the alcohol market of the region. Regional anti-monopolists even declared the company’s dominant position in the wholesale alcohol market in the region, but it was able to prove the groundlessness of these claims in court.
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The Fuglaev empire is being sold in the Belgorod region
The Fuglaev brothers are well-known personalities in the Belgorod region. In November 2020, they became famous throughout Russia. For almost a year, Anatoly and Sergey Fuglaev have been under arrest in a Moscow pre-trial detention center. While entrepreneurs are on forced leave, in the Belgorod region they are selling the family’s property.
Over the long years of hard work, the Fuglaev brothers have accumulated a lot of real estate. Only on “Avito”, as Go31 journalists found outthe sold property of entrepreneurs is estimated at 2.3 billion rubles.
All sales announcements were placed by Paritet. According to the SPARK-Interfax analytical system, the organization is engaged in the lease and management of its own or leased real estate. Since 2018, the company has been registered in Belgorod, but in 2020 it was given a St. Petersburg “registration permit”. The director of the company is Alexander Levin, and the owners (50% of the share in the UK) are Yulia Alekseeva and Ekaterina Fuglaeva, the daughter of Anatoly Fuglaev.
bel.ru, 09/01/2021, “The Belgorod City Hall demands 1.5 million rubles from the daughter of the arrested businessman”: The arbitration court is considering the claim of the city administration against Ekaterina Fuglaeva for illegal enrichment, the court documents say.
The mayor’s office believes that the daughter of Anatoly Fuglaev owed 1.3 million rubles for the use of the land plot under the shopping center on Makarenko Street and 238 thousand rubles as interest for using other people’s money from December 2015 to the end of July 2021 and from August 1 to the date of execution financial obligation.
Ekaterina Fuglaeva is the owner of Belprodukt LLC, which is in liquidation, and also has a 50% stake in Trade-Invest LLC in Belgorod and Paritet LLC, registered in St. Petersburg.
Anatoly Fuglaev is a co-owner of Dobrynya LLC, Prioskolie Trading House, owner of Neoconsulting LLC, Stem LLC, TKB LLC. — Inset K.ru
Apparently, this is one of the family business companies – in 2018 the organization belonged to Tamara Alekseeva, in 2019 50% of the share in the UK was transferred to Sergey Fuglaev, since 2019 Ekaterina Fuglaeva has joined the list of owners with a 50% share in the UK, and since April 2020, half of the company belongs to Yulia Alekseeva. According to the results of the past year, the company’s net profit amounted to 1.4 million rubles.
What is the company selling? Avito published 67 real estate listings. Of these, 62 lots are commercial real estate, four are land plots and one is an advertisement for the sale of a cottage. Among the property sold are shopping and office centers, production facilities, warehouses and a cottage in the village of Solomino with an area of 341.7 m².
As for the latter, according to an extract from the Unified State Register of Real Estate, the cottage belongs to Ivan Fuglaev and Lyudmila Fuglaeva. About them a little lower.
The cottage is being sold for 35 million rubles. The ad states that the house is being sold furnished and equipped. It includes two residential and one basement with a garage. There is a living room, five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a kitchen and a sauna.
Ivan and Lyudmila Fuglaev are also the owners of the Stroymarket shopping center in Stary Oskol. The area of the property is 6601 m². It is being sold for 264 million rubles. The shopping center consists of three floors and a basement. Inside the building are shops selling materials for construction, custom-made furniture, roofing materials, household goods, plumbing, lighting fixtures, fireplaces, and paint and varnish materials.
This is not the first time that the Fuglaev empire has been rid of the building of the legendary Belgorod club “Forum”. The property is owned by Ivan and Lyudmila Fuglaev. Lot appreciated in 130 million rubles. In 2013, they asked for 185 million rubles for it.
Previously, on the ground floor there was a disco hall, a cocktail bar and a hookah hall, a kitchen, storage rooms for raw materials, household and administrative premises. On the second floor there is a banquet hall, a restaurant hall, an oriental hall and a VIP hall, as well as two lounges.
The shopping center “5 Stars” on Yesenin Street is also going under the hammer. According to extracts, half of the shopping center belongs to Ivan Fuglaev. The announcement states that 2,733 m² are being sold for 240 million rubles. The building houses Magnit, Magnit Cosmetic supermarkets, clothing and footwear stores, electronics stores, and the Alfa medical center.
Ekaterina Fuglaeva is also selling her property. In particular, we are talking about a shopping and office center on the street. Gorkogo, 67. Most of the shopping center is occupied by the Pyaterochka supermarket, the rest of the premises on the ground floor are rented out for offices. The total area of real estate for sale is 1428.9 m². It was estimated at 68 million rubles.
The family is selling another retail and office business center on the street. Zheleznyakova, 18a. Half of the property belongs to Ivan Fuglaev, the second – to Lyudmila Fuglaeva. The total area of the building is 1492.5 m². They intend to get 100 million rubles for it. The new three-story building houses Sberbank and Lux.
The Fuglaevs also own the Glorious shopping center on Slavy Avenue, 148v. Real estate with an area of 4678.4 m² is being sold for 280 million rubles. It is owned by Valentina, Sergey and Ekaterina Fuglaev. On the first floor of the shopping center there is a Magnit store, and on the second and third floor there is a World of Clothes and Shoes supermarket.
Other lots include a production building on Promyshlenny Lane (18 million rubles), a shopping and hotel complex in Stroitel Na Sobornaya (50 million rubles), a shopping center on Sportivnaya in Belgorod (240 million rubles), a shopping center Vremena Goda on st. Nekrasov (375 million rubles), the premises of the La Vila restaurant on Koroleva Street (35 million rubles) and a shopping and office center (a former shoe factory) on Sadovaya Street (115 million rubles).
In addition to selling real estate, the Fuglaev family offers to rent a warehouse on Kommunalnaya Street, which belongs to Ivan Fuglaev. For a “square” monthly they ask for 200 rubles. The total area of the building is 952 m². The warehouse is heated and consists of two rooms. The territory has its own boiler room, parking, 24-hour security and an office center.
They also rent out premises in a new fitness center on Kharkovskaya Gora in the Vodstroy area. The price per month for one square meter is 350 rubles. The total area is 460 m². The deposit is 161 thousand rubles. The room for rent with panoramic windows is located on the fifth floor. There is running water, sewerage, hot water and central heating.
Who are Ivan and Lyudmila Fuglaevs to Belgorod businessmen? To find out, the journalists of the news agency “Bel.Ru” contacted Alexander, who is listed as a seller in all ads. The man replied that he was not ready to comment on who is who and who has to. After questioning, Alexander even stated that he did not know Ivan and Lyudmila Fuglaev, which is rather strange, given the fact that it is their property that he is selling.
From their own sources, journalists learned that, perhaps, Lyudmila Fuglaeva is the ex-wife of Anatoly Fuglaev, and Ivan, judging by his patronymic, is most likely the son of Sergei Fuglaev. Given these facts, it turns out that the property that belongs to the ex-wife of the older brother and the son of the younger one is sold through the company of the daughter of the elder Fuglaev. […]