For a politician and a businessman Andrey Ischenko , who is in jail on charges of fraud, opened a new criminal case. Like the past, it is connected with the still unfinished residential complex “Safonov” in Vladivostok. This time it turned out that among almost two hundred deceived equity holders there were two deceived twice. They signed contracts with them for the purchase of supposedly residential premises, but according to the documents it turned out that these were “apartments”. As a result, victims are no longer entitled to compensation.
As the prosecutor’s office of the Pervomaisky district of Vladivostok found out, from February to April 2019, Andrey Ishchenko, General Director of LLC SK SZ Avrora-Stroy, concluded agreements with two individuals for participation in the shared construction of residential premises in house No. 7 on the street. Safonov in Vladivostok. The premises, according to the technical documentation, are in fact non-residential, unsuitable for living and not intended, and the developer misled the equity holders regarding the subject of the transaction.
“As a result of the deception, the victims were also deprived of the right to receive support measures in the form of co-financing of measures to complete the problematic shared construction facility provided to purchasers of residential premises,” the department said. How it happened that the buyers did not know that they were buying not an apartment, but apartments, is not specified.
A year ago on Ishchenko opened a case according to part 4 of Art. 159 (fraud) – collected money from equity holders, but the house was not completed within the promised time. And although the facility is almost ready, according to investigators, Ishchenko “fraudulently stole money from 187 participants in the shared construction of an apartment building in the total amount of over 105 million rubles.”
Kommersant.Ru, 05/22/2023, “Ex-candidate for governor of Primorye Ishchenko became a defendant in another criminal case”: The amount of damage caused to 179 victims is estimated at more than 380 million rubles. Andrei Ishchenko, who has been in custody since April last year, pleads not guilty. […]Andrey Ishchenko last year sent to the military commissar of Primorye, a statement with a request to mobilize him to participate in a special military operation, but received a negative response. — Inset K.ru
Recall that the Foundation for the Support of Deceived Interest-holders of Primorsky Krai, which oversees this object, recently concluded an agreement with a new general contractor – SK “Region”. They promise to hand it over in December 2023, and construction began in 2016. In total, 203 contracts for participation in shared construction were concluded for the Safonov residential complex: 143 apartments, 10 premises for temporary residence, 10 non-residential premises, 49 parking spaces, 21 storerooms. The total area is 8631 square meters.
Based on the results of a new audit, the Investigative Committee opened a case under paragraph “b” of Part 2 of Art. 165 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (causing property damage to the owner or other owner of property by deceit or abuse of trust in the absence of signs of theft, causing especially large damage). The maximum penalty under this article is up to five years in prison.
In 2018, Andrey Ishchenko from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation almost won the election of the head of Primorye from and. O. Governor Andrey Tarasenko After dubious manipulations in the second round, the current head allegedly took the lead, but in the end the CEC completely canceled the results. In Primorye urgently sent Oleg KozhemyakoHe was elected in December of the same year. Moreover, the Communist Party did not interfere with him and Ishchenko did not nominate again. As a result, the politician announced a stolen victory, began to behave rather strangely, accused Kozhemyako of trying to bribe, insulted other politicians, apologized, went to psychiatric treatment, and so on. The business was also in trouble.
Now Ishchenko is in a pre-trial detention center in Vladivostok. The first case is already in court. May 2 he refused from their defenders, the judge announced another break.