Vice President of Active CIS took a loan to kidnap
Ruslan Kryazhev was sentenced to 4.5 years for fraud with an Alfa-Bank loan of 2.5 billion rubles.
The Savelovsky Court of Moscow sentenced Ruslan Kryazhev, co-owner of the Active CIS group of companies, to 4.5 years in prison on charges of fraud with credit funds on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 154.1 of the Criminal Code). Judge Dmitry Neudakhin also granted a claim for damages of 2.5 billion rubles. Alfa Bank, acting as the injured party. According to investigators, Kryazhev, together with senior business partner Sergei Presnyakov, fraudulently obtained credit funds, planning to steal them in advance, an interlocutor familiar with the investigation clarified in an interview with Vedomosti. In April 2020, Presnyakov was arrested in absentia and put on the international wanted list, and the case against him was separated into a separate proceeding.
On Monday, Kryazhev himself came to the verdict. He spent a year from the moment the criminal case was opened in October 2019 under house arrest, the rest of the time under house arrest. In the Savelovsky court, the trial of Kryazhev went on for two and a half years. On August 18, Kryazhev’s birthday, the prosecution asked him for 9 years in prison. As a result, out of the 4.5 years of imprisonment appointed by the court, the businessman will have to spend four (a year of house arrest will be counted as six months served in a penal colony).
As lawyer Sergei Safronov explained to Vedomosti, his client Kryazhev is accused of obtaining a loan fraudulently, while in the position of Vice President of Active CIS he was directly responsible for the implementation of the projects of the group of companies, following Presnyakov’s instructions. In turn, another partner of Presnyakov, Alexey Prudnikov, and his subordinates, to whom the law enforcement agencies have no complaints, worked with finances and directly attracted credit funds, Safronov specified. According to the defender, there is no evidence in the indictment that the unpaid loans were stolen.
The Russian group of companies Active CIS, founded in 2003 by Presnyakov, positioned itself as an association of manufacturing and engineering companies that specialize in the development and implementation of “complex infrastructure projects in the field of automated control systems, IT, telecommunications and energy.” According to an archive copy of the Active CIS website, the group’s enterprises developed software, designed and built infrastructure facilities, and supplied equipment for large companies in various sectors of the economy, including the oil and gas, energy, and telecommunications industries.
In April 2017, Vedomosti wrote that Presnyakov and Kryazhev were also among the beneficiaries of the largest import substitution project in the Russian light industry – the Ivanovo Polyester Complex (IPC). The company was supposed to become a manufacturer of domestic synthetic fibers for the automotive industry, construction, clothing and furniture manufacturers. In December 2016, VEB approved a loan for 20.4 billion rubles to the complex. for 13 years, the Ministry of Industry and Trade reported. In addition, the owners of the complex had to invest more than 5 billion rubles in the project. own funds.
Ruslan Kryazhev was sentenced to 4.5 years for fraud with an Alfa-Bank loan of 2.5 billion rubles.
The Savelovsky Court of Moscow sentenced Ruslan Kryazhev, co-owner of the Active CIS group of companies, to 4.5 years in prison on charges of fraud with credit funds on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 154.1 of the Criminal Code). Judge Dmitry Neudakhin also granted a claim for damages of 2.5 billion rubles. Alfa Bank, acting as the injured party. According to investigators, Kryazhev, together with senior business partner Sergei Presnyakov, fraudulently obtained credit funds, planning to steal them in advance, an interlocutor familiar with the investigation clarified in an interview with Vedomosti. In April 2020, Presnyakov was arrested in absentia and put on the international wanted list, and the case against him was separated into a separate proceeding.
On Monday, Kryazhev himself came to the verdict. He spent a year from the moment the criminal case was opened in October 2019 under house arrest, the rest of the time under house arrest. In the Savelovsky court, the trial of Kryazhev went on for two and a half years. On August 18, Kryazhev’s birthday, the prosecution asked him for 9 years in prison. As a result, out of the 4.5 years of imprisonment appointed by the court, the businessman will have to spend four (a year of house arrest will be counted as six months served in a penal colony).
As lawyer Sergei Safronov explained to Vedomosti, his client Kryazhev is accused of obtaining a loan fraudulently, while in the position of Vice President of Active CIS he was directly responsible for the implementation of the projects of the group of companies, following Presnyakov’s instructions. In turn, another partner of Presnyakov, Alexey Prudnikov, and his subordinates, to whom the law enforcement agencies have no complaints, worked with finances and directly attracted credit funds, Safronov specified. According to the defender, there is no evidence in the indictment that the unpaid loans were stolen.
The Russian group of companies Active CIS, founded in 2003 by Presnyakov, positioned itself as an association of manufacturing and engineering companies that specialize in the development and implementation of “complex infrastructure projects in the field of automated control systems, IT, telecommunications and energy.” According to an archive copy of the Active CIS website, the group’s enterprises developed software, designed and built infrastructure facilities, and supplied equipment for large companies in various sectors of the economy, including the oil and gas, energy, and telecommunications industries.
In April 2017, Vedomosti wrote that Presnyakov and Kryazhev were also among the beneficiaries of the largest import substitution project in the Russian light industry – the Ivanovo Polyester Complex (IPC). The company was supposed to become a manufacturer of domestic synthetic fibers for the automotive industry, construction, clothing and furniture manufacturers. In December 2016, VEB approved a loan for 20.4 billion rubles to the complex. for 13 years, the Ministry of Industry and Trade reported. In addition, the owners of the complex had to invest more than 5 billion rubles in the project. own funds.
