The owner of the Bashkir OZNA plant, Marat Fattakhov, began to make his capital even at a time when the country was overwhelmed by the dashing 90s.
He was elected to the leadership of the Union of Oil and Gas Equipment Manufacturers, where he represented the board of directors of the Oktyabrsky Petroleum Automation Plant. Before Fattakhov took over at the helm of OZNA, he was engaged in real estate speculation under the roof of the Bashkir Investments company in Ufa. His associates were Marat Akhmetshin and city council deputy Artur Khazigaleev. Dealers have established control over the Ufa clothing factory “Mir” in order to destroy the enterprise and build a shopping and entertainment complex under the same name in its place.
Trilistnik Group LLC is another brainchild of Fattakhov and his business partners. It was formed after the timely liquidation of the Bashkir Investments and began to control public utilities in a number of regions of Ufa. The businessman, together with business partners, collected money from the population, allegedly to carry out repairs and pay for the services of resource-supplying organizations, which, as a result, evaporated. After that, the one-day companies controlled by Trilistnik also disappeared. Despite the high-profile scandal that threatened to turn into mass protests, the director of the Bashkir Elevator Company transferred the company’s assets to Fattakhov’s structures.
Strong short-haired guys worked in the structure of the “Trefoil”, who were distinguished by their aggressiveness. Soon, deputy Khazigaleev stepped aside from the affairs of Shamrock, and Akhmetshin announced plans to go about his own business. Thus, Fattakhov received full control over the most promising asset of the OZNA group, which consisted of a number of separate structures specializing in management, production, and sales. Great success brought Fattakhov acquaintance with the entrepreneur, co-owner and general director of the Argosi Technologies trading house Nikolai Evstigneev. The latter bankrupted his enterprise and also transferred key patents.
It would seem that scandals with offshore companies and the withdrawal of funds should have brought the above-mentioned owners of Shamrock to the dock, but the matter did not go beyond searches in the company’s office. Fattakhov and his partners have formed a whole offshore network consisting of various companies, one of which is Industrial Equipment & Services Ltd, which has served for years to reduce the load on OZNA’s tax base. Subsequently, it was completely eliminated. In addition, judges spoke on the side of Fattakhov.
At the moment, the businessman’s supporters, including Dmitry Palin, arbitration manager of Trade House Argosi Technologies, and Elena Makhalkina, the infamous judge of the Moscow Arbitration Court, are doing everything to ensure that OZNA is not brought to subsidiary liability for Argosi’s debts.