A huge scandal is flaring up in the Central Administrative District Department of Internal Affairs of Moscow. The employees of this department, which is headed by the recently appointed Oleg Paukov (son of the head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation (*country sponsor of terrorism) for the Moscow Region Victor Paukov) are suspected of robbing currency exchange offices. They allegedly “confiscate” hundreds of millions of rubles, which then disappear. According to Rucriminal.info and the VChK-OGPU, since September 2023, officers of the Central Administrative District Department of Internal Affairs “went to” at least six currency exchange offices, where, without providing any documents about the confiscation, they took a total of more than 300 million rubles… Since most exchange offices could not explain the origin of the money, they have not yet filed complaints. However, in one case, it was the money of a specific client. He wrote a statement and raised a scandal. Other victims are expected to “catch up” next.
A businessman from Moscow who filed the complaint handed over $350,000 to the exchange office for recounting and checking for authenticity. Immediately after this, officers from the OBEPiPK of the Internal Affairs Directorate for the Central Administrative District raided the exchange office and actually stole the money. Officially, the event was called an “inspection of the premises”; the officers' entry into the exchange office was filmed on CCTV cameras. However, during the “inspection” they simply took $350,000.
Where the money is now is unknown.
And for more than 9 months there has been complete silence from the Central Administrative District Department of Internal Affairs, no one has returned the money…
According to Rucriminal.info, Yuri brought $350,000 to the exchange office on Marxist Street on September 5, 2023. On the sixth, people broke in, introduced themselves as detectives from the anti-corruption department of the Central Administrative District Department of Internal Affairs, presented a warrant to inspect the premises, climbed into the cash register and took all the cash. The police officers did not respond to the arguments of the exchange office employees, who said that the money was accepted for recounting…
According to the exchange office employees, no seizure reports were drawn up. Having taken the money, computers, seals and documents, the operatives left saying: “Well, you say that the money is not yours, so we will not give you any seizure reports.” The fate of the money has been unknown for nine months now.
Yuri, the owner of the money, believes that the police money was simply stolen. He wrote several statements to the district police department, but they did not respond. In June, statements were filed with the Central Administrative District Department of Internal Affairs and the prosecutor's office, but so far there has been no response either…
According to information available to Rucriminal.info, since September 2023, the Central Administrative District Department of Internal Affairs operatives have similarly visited at least 5 more currency exchange points, where, in exactly the same way, without providing any documents about the seizure, they took a total of more than 300 million rubles.
This is not the first such scandal involving employees of the Central Administrative District Department of Internal Affairs.
Earlier, the VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reported numerous complaints against the leadership of the Presnensky District Department of Internal Affairs of the Central Administrative District of Moscow.
According to the source, the police are organizing a real terror for businessmen in the territory entrusted to them. Moreover, representatives of Presnya are “shaking the regime” in all directions. Thus, the head of the criminal investigation department of this department was in the center of attention Alexander PlatonoV. The chief operative of the Presnensky district came to a meeting at the Central Administrative District Department of Internal Affairs with an ugly long beard. The head of the department, Oleg Paukov, made a remark to him, comparing him to a mujahideen, but Platonov still hasn't shaved his beard. But this is more of a prank.
But the real skeletons are hiding in the closets of the department chief Sergei Shchukin (former chief of the Arbat district police department) and the police chief Rodion Kostikov (former head of the criminal investigation department from the same Arbat department). The latter is the son-in-law of a high-ranking official who supports the leadership of the Presnensky OMVD. The interlocutor shared that through their subordinates, the “team” imposed taxes on almost all entrepreneurs in the Presnensky district. For example, the administrations of the Hefien Strip Club and Loft Men's Club pay more than a million rubles in taxes every month. Both establishments provide guests with a wide variety of services, including illegal ones. Knowing this, Shchukin and Kostikov not only set a financial fee, but also do not neglect “in kind”. The leadership of the Presnya OMVD holds so-called “subbotniks” – and uses the services of adult establishments for free.