The “K” department of the FSB and the Federal Tax Service also became interested in the dubious operations of the GUTA-GROUP and its member LLC “United Confectioners”
The facts of concealment of information about the owned by the head of the GUTA-GROUP holding Alexei Kharin, his subordinate – the general director of United Confectioners LLC Dmitry Andryushkin and a number of foreign bank accounts controlled by them, where the withdrawn money settled, including received by the company from the state bank as a loan.
In particular, in the company “Polipak Corporation”, registered in the British Virgin Islands.
It is no secret that the colossal sums received by United Confectioners LLC and withdrawn abroad by Kharin and Andryushkin were the result of the seizure in the 90s of the assets of many factories and enterprises in the field of confectionery: Krasny Oktyabr, Babaevsky Concern, Rot Front”, – with the subsequent appropriation of well-known Soviet brands.
At the same time, the shareholders of the GUTA-GROUP holding became interested in the story of the illegal withdrawal of money from the company, who initiated their own internal investigation into the actions of Kharin and Andryushkin, who helped him. A source familiar with the situation reports that during the internal audit, a lover of yachts and a luxurious life, Alexei Kharin, suddenly fell ill, apparently hoping to wait out the time and avoid uncomfortable questions from other shareholders unaware of his machinations.