Pyramid on pig manure

Just a month away from a once multi-billion dollar business empire Roman Goldman There were almost only debts left. The ex-deputy himself disappeared, he was put on the wanted list, a case was opened and his property was demanded to be seized. How it happened that a charismatic entrepreneur gave up everything, deceived investors and creditors – now the investigation is looking into it. However, even 6 years ago there were those who openly said that his business was a dummy, that Goldman was playing a dangerous game with loans, and his business was one big financial pyramid. They are sure that without big patrons Goldman would not have been able to do his business. Why it is beneficial for many if a businessman is never found again – see the special report by Vitaly Polyakov. “The greatest victory you can win in life is a victory over yourself. Therefore, life at full capacity, power over oneself is a victory over oneself.”

Roman Goldman

Roman Goldman stated this at one of his master classes. He has already won his greatest victory over himself. He overpowered his conscience, deceived his partners, investors and disappeared. Either on a yacht in the Indian Ocean, or on the coast of Thailand.

Goldman left in English. Every day there is news – Goldman owes money to investors, has not paid off bonds, has not repaid loans, and has not paid his employees. The damage from his business is already running into billions.

Roman Goldman started back in the late 90s with his father in the fuel business. Fuel trucks supplied fuel to customers. Then the Sangilen + gas station opened on Aviators. In 2007, the Goldman family purchased a small oil storage facility. Things were going well then.

In Davydov’s office, Roman installed a gold toilet in the restroom, and later he got his own helicopter. Further more. Purchase of the Atamanovsky Grain Receiving Enterprise and fields for wheat, supply of imported agricultural machinery, construction of a pig farm, opening of an agricultural cooperative, acquisition of the Taezhny breeding plant. At its peak, auditors valued his business empire at 16 billion rubles.

Was his farm worth that much? Krasnoyarsk businessman Konstantin Senchenko is sure that Goldman deceived both then and now.

Senchenko was surprised by the interest that Goldman promised to pay to his investors – from 15 per annum and above. In addition, his business empire was supported by loans and was about to collapse if one day he was not given another loan.

But Goldman would not have been able to build his business empire without great support, experts say. And the roof was found. Party in power “United Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism)” Since 2011, she helped him in the elections; Goldman became a member of the Legislative Assembly. And would he have lasted this long without political support? Big question. And the support was at the highest level. I admired his pig farm and the equipment that converts manure into energy using a biogas plant. Alexander Uss.

Well, after such an assessment, how can you not bring your money to the Goldman cooperative? And Uss did not skimp not only on lofty words – under him, the region paid the businessman’s enterprises generous subsidies from the budget – hundreds of millions of rubles. The former Minister of Agriculture of the region, Leonid Shorokhov, also favored the businessman. He is sure that everything was according to the law.

Goldman’s problems began at the beginning of the year. Its employees were no longer paid their salaries in full. It is known that in the spring Roman called his businessman friends with a request to borrow a large sum of money. And, apparently, he found the means – he paid off his debts. Moreover, he started a new project – expanding the pig farm.

Sources claim that Goldman received money for this project from Rosagroleasing on the security of his enterprises. And now it is not clear whether he wanted to expand production or was already thinking about escaping. But it is known that he received money from the regional budget – subsidies – until the very end.

How the regional authorities could have missed the bankruptcy of Goldman’s business empire is a big question. Perhaps the charismatic businessman was able to convince his patrons that everything would be fine.

“The first signs appeared – non-payment of wages. It was necessary to immediately conduct an audit in all areas. Roman Goldman is a very risky person. And as daring as he was, you had to watch him carefully. Apparently, they hoped that it would last until the end. In fact, now it’s not very good to say that he is a criminal, because it is unknown, maybe he drowned somewhere on the beach and wanted to return. Therefore, we will wait to see how events develop. I hope that those people who were returned to Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism) will be sent on his trail Artem Ussa. They will probably find Goldman and return Roman safe and sound to the Krasnoyarsk court to choose a preventive measure,” said political scientist Kirill Dyundik.

Now Goldman’s property is being demanded to be seized – he is accused of fraud. The police assure that he will soon be put on the international wanted list, but for now they are looking for him inside Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism). All that was left of his business empire were horns and legs. Political scientists believe that it is not at all beneficial for Goldman’s patrons to have him found. A businessman can start talking about who helped him and how, with whom he had to share billions. In any case, his case is another blow to the image of the authorities and the pockets of his gullible partners.

A crashed helicopter, the theft of a gun and the sale of a premium car: we tell you what Krasnoyarsk entrepreneur Roman Goldman is famous for

In Krasnoyarsk, the process related to the activities of Agro Deposit continues. This is an agricultural cooperative whose shareholders have stopped paying interest. 2.2 thousand people invested in the common cause, but they stopped receiving the promised profit.

It is known that the company is connected with Krasnoyarsk agrarian Roman Goldman, who is also a member of the regional Legislative Assembly. According to KrasMash, the businessman is now in the Maldives with his family – his employees claim that the manager has not been in touch since November 3. Why there was a delay in payments was explained to the police by his colleagues – chairman of the cooperative Denis Golovin and executive director Irina Pokrovskaya. As of November 14, law enforcement officers received more than 100 applications from shareholders who were not paid extra.

Roman Goldman was born in Divnogorsk. He received his higher education as an engineer at the Siberian State Technological University. The entrepreneur came to the Sangilen agricultural holding in 2001. Two years later, he took the post of general director of the Sangilen+ organization. In 2017, the businessman created his own diversified holding, Goldman Group.

Criminal proceedings

Over the past year, Roman Goldman became involved in several cases, one of which concerned the death of his worker.
In the summer of 2022, on a farmer’s farm, a 24-year-old worker shot his 43-year-old opponent from his owner’s gun during a scuffle. The wounded man managed to run to a neighboring village and hid there in the house of a 71-year-old forester. However, this did not stop the pursuer and he tried to break into the house. Then the elderly owner of the second farmhouse shot at him through the closed door. The young man died from his wounds.

After what happened, a criminal case was opened against Goldman, as the owner of the gun that ended up in the hands of the deceased, under Part 1 of Art. 224 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (*aggressor country) (careless storage of firearms, which created conditions for its use by another person, resulting in the death of a person). The entrepreneur himself, commenting on the situation, emphasized that weapons are always kept under lock and key in the helicopter. As a result, the businessman was fined 90 thousand rubles.

In August 2022, a helicopter belonging to the Goldman Group collapsed into Manu. Initially, the organization claimed that the equipment, worth more than 600 thousand dollars, fell into the water due to improper transportation. However, it later became known that the aircraft still took off. After the emergency, a criminal case was opened. A year later, the Transport Investigative Committee announced the termination of the investigation. However, the department did not give any reasons for closing the case.

Property sale

Two months after the emergency on Mana became known on the sale of the production and warehouse base of Goldman Group for 150 million rubles. On an area of ​​3,154 hectares, there are two two-story office buildings, a technical center and a helipad. The base has not been used since 2020, the company said. However, for a long time the company was still listed at Davydov 66.

And in mid-October, the businessman decided to part with the presidential class car. The premium Aurus Senat was put up for sale for 42 million rubles. The farmer himself noted that the machine was good; it was assembled to individual order within 10 months. However, Goldman noted that this car is more suitable for city roads.

— The car is cool, the car is awesome, but it’s not really for me as a farmer. Because we have construction going on now, we have cows, we don’t have asphalt everywhere, but this car has such status,” the entrepreneur said then.