Valeriy Litvinenko, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ChPYaK, decided not to pay debts companies with the help of the media and the Ministry of Internal Affairs?
The leadership of the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation was involved in a scandal with a fake signature, and the threads lead to the businessman Valery Litvinenko, it was possible to find out from documents and data from the website of the judicial system.
Court and business
The story began several years ago. Agrouslugi is an old supplier of the Central Chernozem Industrial Company (TsChPK), which is now in the process of bankruptcy.
Agro-services supplied protective equipment to CCPC, but did not receive payment. And this is not a lot, not a little – 146 million rubles.
Agro-services went to court. All claims are standard, but the most interesting is the claim dated May 2019, the third party in which comes the Central Chernozem Fruit and Berry Company (TsChPYAK), a former business partner of the bankrupt TsChPK.
In the lawsuit, “Agroservices” tried to challenge the deal between CCHPK and the company “Econom-service” LLC, concerning the contract for the supply of equipment. The TsChPK partially transferred the money to the company, but that was not satisfied, and she went to court with a statement first for the recovery of the debt from the company, and then for its bankruptcy.
Initially the court came to the conclusion that the claims of “Agrouslug” were groundless. However, later the IC opened a criminal case on the possible deliberate bankruptcy of the CCHPK, an application for which was filed by the company’s counterparty, who allegedly received less payment for the units.
In this criminal case, interesting materials came to us. According to our source, for 21 months, the Investigative Committee has been unsuccessfully investigating a criminal case on fraud for 15.8 million rubles and deliberate bankruptcy against the Central Chernozem Industrial Company, which is now in the process of bankruptcy, at the request of Agroresources.
An investigation lasting more than a year is an out of the ordinary case, and therefore the decision to prolong it should be made by the head of the investigative department. In this case, we are talking about the Moscow chief, Major General Alexander Vokhmyanin.
As it appears in the documents sent to the Editorial Board, his signature on the relevant documents was forged. This was established by the examination, which, according to the informant, was carried out at the request of representatives of the Central Black Earth Fruit and Berry Company. The company also appeared in the case, as our informant writes, “after it became clear that there was nothing left to take from the CPC.”
Photo: provided by the informant
Photo: provided by the informant
According to our source, in February 2023, investigator Nadezhda Kharseyeva was going to receive another resolution on the extension of the investigation signed by Vokhmyanin, but this could already be the questions of the Moscow authorities. This is probably why the signature was forged.
The situation, according to the informant, is reminiscent of the seizure of the CCPNAC by Agro-services. But it seems to us that this is more likely an attempt by the CCPP to not pay the debts of the CCPC, as can be seen from the court cases.
And here it is necessary to return to the proceedings.
After the “criminal case” was started, “Agroservices” went to court again – challenging the decision of the previous instance, and received a conclusion satisfying the company – that the above-described supply contract with “Economic Service” was indeed not concluded with the declared purpose.
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At the same time, curious details surfaced: it turns out that Economy Service first acquired the disputed property from a certain Midel LLC, which was registered immediately before the conclusion of the transaction and did not carry out other activities except for the sale of gas turbines.
At the same time, the materials of the case do not contain evidence of the ownership of the equipment by Ekonom-service at the time of its sale to the TsChPK, as well as the fact of payment by Midel LLC for the purchased equipment. Nevertheless, the CCPC, as we said above, made a partial payment for it. In total, the contract was concluded in the amount of 400 million rubles, but evidence that the amount was justified was not provided. As well as equipment registration certificates – and it was obliged to pass it, since it refers to hazardous production facilities.
The Court also found that CCPC’s assumed liabilities clearly exceeded the book value of its assets at the time. So she knew without a doubt that she would not be able to pay for the equipment.
At the same time, the court established the fact that the volume of cash payments by the CCHPK to CJSC CChPYAK for the period from 07/17/2017 to 12/31/2018 is 71.97% of the amount of all payments made for the specified period. Accordingly, CCPNAC, receiving more than 50% of the debtor’s assets, was interested in constant continuous cooperation. But money was not paid to Agro-services at that time, despite the presence of obligations to them.
This whole story looks like a failed attempt to deceive counterparties, to whom the CCPC has multi-million dollar debts. Dragging the case to the IC in this case may just be beneficial for those who are trying to deliberately bankrupt the CCHP before the investigators establish the truth. That is, if you believe the court decision, “Economy Service” and CChPYAK, into which solid funds from the CCP “drip” while “Agroresources” tried in vain to get paid for their goods.
Formally, all these organizations are not connected in any way – there are no common owners or affiliated firms. The only connecting thread is the supply contract, which we wrote about above. However, as Kommersant wrote from the words of the founder of Agroresursov, the employees of the CSPYAC and the proxies of Mr. Litvinenko (founder and chairman of the board of directors of the CCPNC Valery Litvinenko) are the ultimate beneficiaries of the CCHPK.
Now the CCPP is trying to recover 73 million rubles from the CCPC under a supply agreement.
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However, in this case, it is not entirely clear why the CCPNAC was investigating the forgery of Mr. Vokhmyanin’s signature. It can be assumed that she decided in this way to discredit Agro-Services, which, among other things, appeals to the criminal case. Or scare the investigators in order to achieve the desired solution.
About the defendants
Agro-services is controlled by the Ponomarev family – Sergey Valeryevich is the founder of the company, and Tatyana Valeryevna is its general director. The company is a supplier of two dozen state contracts, it cooperates most closely with the institutions of the Ministry of Education and Science.
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At the same time, the financial position of the company leaves much to be desired – it has the highest risk of losing independence due to dependence on creditors, and there is a risk of bankruptcy.
Ponomareva Tatyana Valerievna is the full namesake of the Associate Professor of the Department of Ecology and Environmental Management of the Siberian Federal University. And although Agro-Services is registered in the capital of our country, the coincidence, given the abundance of government contracts from the Ministry of Education and Science, may not be a coincidence.
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As for the TsChPK, it is controlled by a certain Gennady Nikolayevich Zaichkin, the head of the Transkom company, registered as an offshore company, ELIO BUSINESS LTD. Isn’t that where the money of the suppliers was withdrawn?
TCCHPYAK is headed Zamyatin Yurij Ivanovich. As we mentioned earlier, the actual beneficiary may be Valery Litvinenko, who is likely to have influence on the CCPC.
Kommersant wrote that the owner of Agrouslug, Mr. Ponomarev, had repeatedly communicated with Litvinenko regarding the collection of debts and was ready to settle the claims out of court.
“Litvinenko informed me that he was experiencing financial difficulties due to the lack of payment from the Opora insurance company. He said that he would close the debt after receiving payment for the death of the apple crop. But they did not receive compensation, the license of the insurance company was revoked, ”the publication quotes the businessman.
Then the company returned to normal functioning, but did not pay the debt, “Agro-services” sued the CCPP, and all the above-described “movements” with the CCPC money began.
Let’s summarize: the picture that we see now looks like the fact that resources from the power structures were also involved in the dispute between two economic entities. If they indulge the CCPP, Agro-services also run the risk of going bankrupt. Isn’t this also Mr. Litvinenko’s plan? As they say, eat fish too.
