Six hundred million – and free
The embezzler of money MOESK Vladimir Kovalenko extradited by Spain received 1 year and 9 months. colonies, which served in a pre-trial detention center
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© Tape.Ru09/08/2022, Ex-director was convicted of embezzlement and immediately released from the courtroom
Ekaterina Vlasova
The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow sentenced the 68-year-old former director of the Business Group company to one year and nine months in prison Vladimir Kovalenko for fraud of 600 million rubles. On Thursday, September 8, Kommersant reports.
The man was found guilty under part 4 of article 159 (“Fraud”) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. He was supposed to serve his sentence in a strict regime colony, however, taking into account the time spent in the pre-trial detention center, Kovalenko was released in the courtroom. Also, the person involved must compensate the victims in the amount of 592 million rubles.
According to the publication, in 2007 ex-employees of the Moscow United Electric Grid Company (MOESK) and businessmen organized a competition for the supply of electrical equipment from Switzerland for the branches of the energy company. They agreed with the Russian representative of the Swiss manufacturer on the supply of one billion rubles. After that, they persuaded the partners not to tell anyone about the tender yet, guaranteeing a successful deal if the competitors in the tender were Kovalenko’s company and Energoimpulse. “One of these companies offered MOESK equipment for almost two billion rubles, and the second for a much larger amount, thereby ensuring the first one won,” the publication clarifies.
Part of the money was indeed spent on equipment, but the other part was transferred to the accounts of one-day firms, and as a result, to real estate in Russia, America and Europe. In 2013, investigators opened criminal cases on the fact of the incident.
Then the main participants of the scam are the ex-head of the logistics and procurement department and the chairman of the permanent competitive commission of MOESK Harris Ravilov and Vladimir Kovalenko moved abroad. And their accomplices were sentenced to different terms. All of them have now been released.
Kovalenko was put on the international wanted list and extradited from Spain to their homeland. It is known that by that time Ravilov was also convicted. He voluntarily returned to Russia and pleaded guilty.
“Kommersant”, 09/08/2022, “Six hundred million – and free”: The leading role in the scam was assigned to the former head of the logistics and procurement department and chairman of the permanent competitive commission of MOESK Harris Ravilov and Vladimir Kovalenko. However, both of them managed to go abroad. Mr. Ravilov sent his employers a letter of resignation of his own free will from Spain, where his accomplice also settled. Their accomplices were arrested in Moscow and heard the verdict of the Simonovsky court six years ago. Evgeny Puzikov, CEO of Promtekhnika LLC affiliated with MOESK, his deputy Alexander Turunov, businessman Boris Kletsko and head of Stroitelnaya Sistema LLC Tatyana Perova (Prukha) received three years in prison, two years and three months in prison, and three years of probation, respectively. . It is worth noting that by that time the amount of damage had been adjusted and, according to the claims filed against the convicts, amounted to 590 million rubles. […]
It is worth noting that another key person involved in the investigation, Harris Ravilov, had already been convicted by that time and managed to be released. As it turned out, he voluntarily returned to Russia from Switzerland, fully admitted his guilt, and voluntarily reimbursed 5 million rubles. on account of the damage caused to MOESK and in a special order was sentenced to two and a half years. He did not appeal his verdict. — Inset K.ru
