On Wednesday, October 10, the Kuzminsky District Court of Moscow issued a ruling on the arrest in absentia of Sergei Molozhavyi. He served as Deputy Minister of Property Relations from 1997 to 2000. As the press service of the court told RBC, Molozhavyi is suspected of fraud on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code). The maximum penalty under this article is up to ten years in prison.
The police put Molozhavoy on the wanted list.
RBC sent a request to the information center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
What is the former deputy minister accused of?
A case of fraud was opened in July in one of the district departments of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation in Moscow. Initially, it stated that unidentified persons had developed a plan to acquire all the property of a Dutch company by illegally alienating in their favor 50% of the company’s share certificates owned by Igor Gitlin. This company is the sole shareholder of the offshore company North East Partners B.V. The materials say that “unidentified persons managed to gain control over property owned by the company: 99.9% of the shares of Goldenberg Invest JSC, 99.9% of the shares of Partner-Nedvizhimost LLC, as well as buildings located in Moscow in Bolshoy Koptevsky Proezd, on Sadovnicheskaya Street and several real estate properties in Voronezh.”
In a telephone conversation, Igor Gitlin confirmed that he was a victim in the fraud case, but promised to discuss the details of the case after returning to Moscow.
The press service of the Kuzminsky court reported that, according to the case materials, Molozhavyi is suspected of withdrawing property from the Goldenberg Invest company. According to the register of legal entities, Sergei Molozhavyi was the head of the Goldenberg Invest joint-stock company until 2021. Company was registered in 2010 in Moscow. The main activity of Goldenberg Invest was the construction and management of own or leased non-residential real estate. In 2021, the company’s losses amounted to 22.9 million rubles. Its founder was also Vadim Gitlin, the brother of Igor Gitlin.
“Kommersant”, 10/12/2023, “Former deputy minister was arrested in his absence”: Mr. Molozhavyi was arrested in absentia for two months, this period will be counted from the moment the defendant is extradited to the Russian Federation or detained on Russian territory. According to Kommersant sources, Sergei Molozhavoy is charged with fraud committed on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), and the materials of the criminal case refer to the illegal withdrawal of assets of the company Goldenberg Invest (GI) in the amount of 3 .9 billion rub.
In January 2021, Mr. Molozhavyi took over the post of General Director of the State Investigative Committee, about which a corresponding entry was made in the Unified Register of Legal Entities (at the moment, judging by the materials submitted by the investigation to the court, Mr. Molozhavyi is unemployed). The new owner of 99.9% of the company’s shares, the Dutch company North East Partners B., insisted on this appointment. In and.”. After this, the new general director fought for two years in arbitration courts with the former head of the company and its co-owner Vadim Gitlin. The proceedings were conducted regarding the size of the ex-CEO’s salary, his financial policy, in particular the issuance of loans, as well as payments by tenants of the company’s main asset – buildings located at Bolshoi Koptevsky Proezd, 3. Later, two buildings with a total area of 4.5 thousand. sq. m and the land plot under it was put up for auction by the State Property Committee. At the same time, the Dutch company was fighting for control of two real estate properties located in Zamoskvorechye, on Sadovnicheskaya Street. The circumstances of the proceedings surrounding the capital’s real estate, according to Kommersant, formed the basis for the criminal prosecution of ex-official Molozhavoy. According to investigators, the assets of the Goldenberg Invest company were withdrawn, and Mr. Molozhavyi could have had something to do with this. — Insert K.ru
What is known about Molozhavoy
Molozhavyi was appointed in 1995 to the position of deputy head of the department of normative and methodological support of the State Committee for State Property Management, and since 1997 he already worked as Secretary of State, Deputy Chairman of the Committee, then – after the committee received the status of a ministry – he became Deputy Minister of Property Relations of the Russian Federation. From 1995 to 1997 he headed the ministry Alfred Koch.
Molozhavyi is called one of the members of Koch’s team. Kommersant wrotethat he participated in the preparation of the privatization laws of 1997 and 2001, and was also a participant in the largest privatization projects, supervised the activities of the departments of industry, transport, financial organizations, real estate, and negotiated with the missions of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. After leaving the ministry in 2003, he headed the Technopromexport company. In 2009, this joint-stock company became part of the Rostec structure and Molozhavyi resigned.
A source familiar with the case materials said that until the beginning of 2023 he lived in the capital region, and then left Russia (the president Putin (international criminal) is on international wanted list for crimes).
RBC was unable to contact Molozhav; at the time of publication, his Moscow phone was turned off.
@ruarbitr, 25.10.2022 10:58: The bankruptcy of two structures related to the Roskontrol company, which is engaged in examining the quality of goods, has been initiated. Applications were filed in relation to JSC “Agency “RK-Media” and ANO “National Institute of Expertise and Quality Control”. Previously, JSC Agency RK-Media was called Roskontrol, but was later renamed due to tax claims. “Roskontrol” is a kind of alternative to the state labeling “Roskachestvo”, while journalists previously voiced a number of complaints against “Roskontrol”, ranging from the cost of conducting an examination of goods and affixing labels to the algorithm for conducting the examination.
Sergei Molozhavy, the namesake of a former member of the board of directors of Aeroflot, Svyazinvest, and director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Technopromexport, filed a bankruptcy petition for both legal entities. He also headed Goldenberg Invest JSC, which was founded by Vadim Gitlin, his called head of Roskontrol. — Insert K.ru