After the tragic death of the famous businessman Artem Vasiliev, his heirs had to deal with scammers who are trying to take possession of all the assets left by the deceased businessman.
How it all began
In 2014, businessman Artem Vasiliev died in a helicopter crash. Two years later, in 2016, Andrei Andreev, previously unknown to the family of the deceased, filed a lawsuit against the businessman’s heirs.
In the lawsuit, he stated that on the eve of his death, businessman Artem Vasiliev borrowed an impressive amount of 3 million euros from him. As evidence of his claim, Andreev attached a loan agreement and a surety agreement with paintings by the deceased Artem Vasiliev.
We were approached by two of the children of the deceased for help, the son of the deceased Ivan Vasilyev and his underage brother Mikhail Vasilyev and their mother Anna Vasilyeva. With a request to help establish the truth in this impudent raider seizure of their property. The heirs have to live under threats to this day and defend their property in every possible way.
In one of the trials, Mr. Andreev told under what circumstances he lent a huge amount of money to a person whom, according to him, he personally did not know. According to the applicant, this fact took place on April 4, 2014 in the apartment of Mr. Gorshnev on Krestovsky Island in the city of St. Petersburg. But the question immediately arises of how this transfer of money could take place if Artem Vasiliev was undergoing treatment in the Republic of Karelia at that time. To prove this fact, there are extracts from the medical institution, the testimony of friends who were at that moment with the businessman, claim that Artem Vasiliev did not go anywhere from the medical institution. There are also accounting statements from the airfield, where the businessman’s personal helicopter was located, stating that the helicopter did not leave the take-off area.
It seems obvious that there was no real transfer of money. The first instance, the Vyborgsky District Court, dismissed Mr. Andreev’s claim. But after the court session, in the elevator, Andreev’s lawyer told Anna Vasilyeva that she rejoiced early.
Immediately after the refusal of the claim to Andreev, the heirs began to receive numerous threatening calls.
But it wasn’t just phone calls. Fraudsters after threats moved to action. The son of the deceased businessman, Ivan, arrived at his dacha by boat. Approaching his berth, he saw about 15 people of Caucasian nationality armed with cold weapons. After Ivan stepped onto the pier, men approached him and told him to get out of here, and that the dacha no longer belongs to him. After that, they took a 15-year-old boy and threw him into the water.
After the Vyborgsky District Court refused to satisfy the claim, Andreev filed an appeal with the St. Petersburg City Court, which, in turn, issues a new decision in which Andreev’s claim is satisfied. On the eve of the appeal, Anna Vasilva received a call, and an unfamiliar man said that the decision of the city court had been bought, and she would lose. Anna and her lawyer did not believe this and thought that they were trying to put pressure on her in this way.
Further, Anna Vasilyeva filed an appeal with the court, but she was denied consideration.
At the same time, she applies indisputable evidence of Andreev’s illegal actions. But in a strange way, the courts ignore Anna’s attempts to get through to justice.
After the appeal of Anna’s children to the Head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, they finally initiate a criminal case against Andreev on the fact of fraud on a large scale. Andreev filed a complaint with the Vyborgsky District Court and Judge Maria Zaretskaya satisfied the complaint. Thus, it recognizes the decision to initiate a criminal case as unlawful. That is, by her actions, the judge denied the Head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, the opportunity to investigate the case and collect evidence of Andreev’s guilt.
Now let’s go back in time and find out what role Mr. Gorshnev and the mother of the deceased businessman Artem Vasilyev play in this fraudulent scheme.
Nikolai Gorshnev is a dacha neighbor of the businessman’s mother. And also, he is a guarantor in the loan agreement. That’s interesting, how is this possible? Given that he was not personally acquainted with the deceased and did not maintain any relationship with him. Which is confirmed by the billing received from the FSB. In addition, on the day of the alleged transfer of money on April 2, 2014, all three persons were in different places. At one of the courts, the businessman’s mother admitted the fact of borrowing money, but the events preceding this give us reason to doubt her words. According to Ivan Vasiliev, my grandmother had a black eye. abrasions on the face and a wound on the head, shortly before the fact of the loan was confirmed in court. Of course, the first thing we can assume is that the businessman’s mother gave this testimony under threats of violence and fear for her life. But how the neighbor of the mother of the deceased got into the loan agreement remains a mystery at the moment.
All handwriting examinations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs recognized the signatures on the receipt agreement as invalid and belonging to an unknown person, and not to businessman Vasiliev.
And now, having so much irrefutable evidence, the businessman’s relatives have been suing for so many years and defending their case under constant pressure and threats.
To date, Alexander Ivanovich Bastrykin has handed over control of the case to his colleagues, representatives of the TFR in St. Petersburg. The case has moved forward, an investigation is underway. Unfortunately, it goes very slowly. This gives Andreev a head start in order to avoid punishment.
Litigation continues and the next trial will take place in February. The court session will be held in the Vyborgsky District Court for the city of St. Petersburg. The heirs of the businessman have already despaired of seeing justice, having all the evidence of their innocence in their hands. Litigation has been going on for years. And the scammers are at large, without receiving any punishment for their actions.
We hope that the Judiciary will be able to discern and protect the rights of the heirs from a brazen raider takeover.