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One more accomplice of former Head of the Republic of Komi Vyacheslav Gayzer sentenced

The evidence gathered by the Main Directorate on Major Crimes Investigation of the Investigative Committee of Russia was found to be sufficient by the court to sentence former Deputy Governor of the Republic of Komi Konstantin Romadanov. He was found guilty of committing crimes under Article 210, Part 6 of Article 290, and Paragraphs A and B of Part 4 of Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia (participation in a criminal community; swindling; legalization (laundering) of funds acquired in an illegal way). During the investigation, he testified on the circumstances of the committed offences, and exposed the guilt of other accomplices. As he signed an immunity agreement pre-trial, his criminal case was considered in court under a special procedure.

The investigators found that Romadanov had participated in the criminal community acting in the Republic of Komi that had been controlled by Vyacheslav Gayzer, Alexander Zarubin, Vladimir Torlopov, Aleksey Chernov, and Valery Veselov. He had been accumulating the money gained in the result of the activities of the criminal community.

From May 2009 to September 2015, Romadanov and Gayzer, acting in an organized group, had been receiving bribes from Alexander Serditov in the amount of over 36 million rubles for appointment to the position--first that of director of JSC Syktyvkar Distillery and then that of the Head of Administration of the Governor of the Republic of Komi with further general patronage.

In 2014, Romadanov and other members of the criminal community had received from the entrepreneur the ownership right for 50% stake in the charter capital of Avtocenter LLC with the market value of 160 million rubles as a bribe for general patronage for his commercial activities. After that, the stake in the charter capital of this company had been registered in the name of the party controlled by the members of the community.

Romadanov was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment and a fine in the amount of 170 million rubles.

 

Official spokesperson for the Investigative Committee of Russia S. Petrenko