The Altai Territory investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee have issued a warrant to prosecute Maxim Savintsev as the accused of crimes under part 4 of article 159 of the RF Penal Code (fraud committed by and organized group on a very large scale – 2 counts) and part 4 of article 160 (misappropriation or embezzlement committed by an organized group on a very large scale).
According to investigators, in November 2011, Maxim Savintsev learnt that OAO Doveriye was the largest municipal facility manager in the city and was worth over 30 million rubles. Implementing his criminal scheme of stealing the enterprise as a complex of property he decided to buy its shares at understated price in the name of a man of straw. As a result of his frauds the suspect in October 2013 became an owner of 100% shares of OAO Doveriye causing the town of Barnaul a loss of over 19 million rubles.
In addition, from 2012 to February 2014 he with the help of CEO of OAO Doveriye Denis Suchkov and chief accountant Svetlana Bronitskaya stole money citizens paid for the communal bills. The members of the group transferred money that went to the account of the company to accounts of sham firms and then cashed. At the same time they stole the money that was transferred from consumers to the account of the facility manager as a payment for heating and hot water supply due to be transferred to OAO Kuzbassenergo (presently OAO BTSK). To do that the members of the group conspired with the employees of a resource supplying organization, falsified meter reports knowingly putting in them understated rates of heating consumption and then filed them with OAO Kuzbassenergo (OAO BTSK). As a result less money was transferred to the organization and the accused stole the difference. The total sum of damage resulted from frauds stood at 12 million rubles.
Earlier Suchkov and Bronitskaya were charged with a fraud committed by an organized group on a very large scale.
Due to the fact that Savintsev has failed to show up for investigating and other procedural operations, the investigator put him on the wanted list. Additionally, the investigator filed a request with a court to remand the accused in custody in absentia. At present the request and the files of the criminal investigation are being reviewed by Oktyabrsky District Court of the town of Barnaul.
The investigators are checking officials of the town administration in charge of housing and communal services and municipal property. Together with officials of the regional Federal Security Service and Ministry of Interior they have search their residences and offices.
The investigation is ongoing.
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