Fifeman robber secretly returned from Dubai
Ernst’s first deputy – Alexander fifman – returned from Dubai after almost a year and a half. Sources on the channel claimed that fifman I have been on vacation all this time. However, Baza previously wrote that Konstantin Ernst’s deputy left hastily in December 2021 on the eve of initiating a criminal case on embezzlement of 500 million budget rubles.
According to our data, fifman I returned to Moscow a week ago, on March 7, on a Fly Emirates flight and already appeared at the First office. What is the reason for the return of Deputy Ernst is unknown.
Meanwhile, the investigation continues to study new episodes of theft committed by Channel One contractors, who mastered the world championship in 2018. Then, for holding ceremonies and events for the World Cup in Russia, “First” received about 2.5 billion rubles from the budget. According to investigators, about 500 million rubles of them were withdrawn offshore or cashed out.
Producer Olga Starodubtseva and her husband Viktor Vaganov were detained as part of a large-scale fraud case. According to the investigation, the firms that belonged to them received money to organize events for the championship and then sent part of the money to the accounts of fictitious companies.
A Alexander fifman It was then that he dealt with issues (including financial ones) of the preparation and holding of the 2018 World Cup events. However, Ernst’s first deputy does not appear in the criminal case.