The Vladimir Region investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee in cooperation with the regional office of the Federal Security Service have opened a criminal investigation against former deputy of the regional legislative assembly 37-year-old Sergey Kuryshev. He is suspected of a crime under part 2 of article 187 of the RF Penal Code (manufacture and selling of forged payment documents committed by an organized group).

According to investigators, in 2010, acting as an idea man and organizer of wrongdoings in the area of economic crimes, Kuryshev together with other people developed a scheme for cashing the money for the third party interested in cashing escaping financial and tax control.

Having developed a structure, the suspect distributed roles among the members of the organized criminal group to make and sell forged payment documents and to reach the ultimate goal of getting cash via credit facilities.

Following the criminal plan, Kuryshev used settlement accounts of 5 phony firms opened in a large bank, where at first the money had been transferred under fake agreements and them was withdrawn by Kuryshev or his agents or was transferred by transit to dishonest businessmen.

The suspect of members of the group oh his orders submitted to the bank forged payment orders and bank checks containing false information on the base of the payment and the aim of expenses signed by nominal directors of sham firms.

After the criminal financial transactions and minus a certain percentage the money went back to the one who had ordered the transaction.

It is obvious that the scheme was implemented to hid illegal activity of some of the local businessmen.

For example, one of Kuryshev’s regulars was Ileg Zhukov charged with several economic crimes (the investigation against him is about to be finished).

According to investigators’ estimates, in 2010, Kuryshev together with members of the criminal group using the scheme withdrew from bank accounts at least 120 million rubles.

On 21 October 2015, Kuryshev’s residences were searched by investigators together with operative services. The investigators found there and confiscated a Kalashnikov gun, a remade pistol, a lot of ammunition including hand grenades.

The investigation is ongoing.

On 9 June 2015, Kuryshev was found guilty of crimes under part 4 of article 164 of the RF Penal Code (drunk driving entailing death of a person) and part 1 of article 306 (false denunciation) and is now serving his time in a penal colony settlement.