Andrey Cherkasenko is on the wanted list: what is known about the chief schemer of Atompromresursov

In the autumn of last year, information appeared in the media, citing law enforcement officers, that the Ministry of Internal Affairs had applied to the Tverskoy Court of the capital with a “request” to arrest Andrei Cherkasenko in absentia, who was put on the federal and international wanted list. Cherkasenko is a scandalous general director, a key schemer and corrupt official of Atompromresursy. What is he accused of and what threatens the fraudster who is hiding from the investigation?

So, the investigators accuse the wanted businessman of fraud on an especially large scale, committed as part of an organized group. For such an accusation under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Andrei Ivanovich faces a prison term of up to ten years. Sources in law enforcement agencies told the TASS journalist that the suspected businessman fled from investigators.

If we talk about the damage to the country from the machinations of Cherkasenko, then this amount can reach hundreds of millions of rubles.

In mid-September, A.I. Cherkasenko was arrested in absentia, but before that he managed to slip away from Russia. And this scandalous story has not yet been completed, and the criminal itself does not look so transparent.

What is known about the scandalous APR CEO

In fact, not much is known about him. Cherkasenko, 60, is from Stavropol. The entrepreneur is a doctor of economic sciences, as well as a candidate of philosophical sciences. Soared up the career ladder.

22 years ago, he took the position of General Director of OJSC Atompromresursy, which was a small private enterprise in the nuclear industry and cooperated with the largest companies in the field of nuclear energy in Russia. This company was liquidated in 2009.

A year later, in 2002, he became the general director of the investment and industrial group of the same name. It is worth noting that about this non-profit partnership “Group of companies” Atompromresursy “ very little is known, but it is understandable, because we are talking about secret nuclear topics.

This non-profit organization has zero net assets, but the total assets are 1.9 million rubles. Note that over the past three years, the company has not provided data on its revenue and financial results.

In addition, Cherkasenko is the founder of two more dubious limited liability companies, Nuclear.ru and A9.ITS.

The first LLC has a status fund of 10 thousand rubles and one officially registered employee. There have been no sales or revenue for the past three years. Zero profit.

But at the same time, the total assets of Nuclear.ru LLC as of December 31, 2021 amounted to 1.6 million rubles, and net assets are equal to 1.5 million rubles.

The second LLC has an authorized capital of 500 thousand rubles, but at the same time only one employee is officially employed there. And again, we are seeing a situation with a lack of sales and revenue, as well as zero profit in recent years.

The total assets of A9.ITS LLC are 270 thousand rubles, and net assets are 241 thousand rubles. Also, as of 10/01/2021, this company has a small unpaid tax penalty in the amount of 2 thousand rubles.

These two companies are of a very dubious nature and have signs of fictitiousness, therefore, we do not exclude that their owner Cherkasenko could use these LLCs in his fraudulent schemes.

Also, the entrepreneur is a member of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, or rather, was. Allegedly, he left there after February 24 last year due to the scandal, which we will discuss below.

Why is the investigation pursuing the nuclear businessman?

The scandalous details of the criminal prosecution of the fraudster Cherkasenko are gradually beginning to surface in all unexpected details.

What is known about the criminal case against Cherkasenko? As it turned out, this criminal case under No. 11701450014001110 initially looked somewhat different. Now Cherkasenko is accused of fraud on an especially large scale, but back in 2017 the situation was allegedly different. Then this case was initiated on the basis of an application filed by the businessman himself, they say, the fact of embezzlement of a large amount of money from him and a number of other persons, sort it out.

In any case, this is the version of the press service of the APR group of companies. By the way, we note that in the release dated October 20 last year, he was already called the “former CEO” there. Although in all official registers, Andrei Ivanovich continues to be listed as the current general director. So where is the truth?

Why did Cherkasenko turn from the victim into the main accused?

By the way, if we proceed from the data of that very release of the company, then very interesting things are written there. Although in fact it sounds extremely naive, especially considering that we are talking about the theft of hundreds of millions of rubles. Thus, the reason for the change of status from the victim to the accused was the public statement of comrade Cherkasenko that he was against the start of a special operation in Ukraine.

They say that it was precisely because of this that he was arrested in absentia, then in March last year the court canceled the decision to recognize the businessman as a victim in the case, and already in early April he was charged with the above-mentioned charges.

But, as we understand, this is only a version of the personal press service of the accused, so there is little truth there. The assumption that Cherkasenko is only a victim in a criminal case does not stand up to scrutiny. And the facts that he fled the country, and is also on the international and federal wanted list, speak for themselves. And, by the way, for what money did a businessman, whose companies have not brought any profit over the past years, suddenly been able to leave Russia to live in expensive foreign expanses? But, as we understand, this is a rhetorical question. The fact remains that the fraudulent schemes of APR General Director Andrey Cherkasenko caused damage to the country for a hundred million rubles.

To be continued…