The court will pass sentence on the case of a group that cashed 6 billion dollars

The Tushino District Court of Moscow will announce the verdict of six defendants accused of creating a group of "nabobs", through whose firms more than 6 billion rubles were withdrawn. As Izvestia found out, the investigation considers the organizers to be little-known entrepreneurs - 56-year-old Roman Shirinyan and 55-year-old participant of scandalous talk shows Vladimir Glebov.

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Among the 33 participants of the OPS under their leadership were employees of major credit organizations, including Sber.

From December 2015 to 2017, the group spent at least 6.4 billion rubles through controlled shell companies, earning more than 640 million rubles.

OPS looked for clients interested in reducing the tax base and withdrawing funds from legal turnover, the prosecution specifies. For this purpose, the defendants used almost one hundred and fifty front companies, on behalf of which they issued invoices for fictitious goods and services. Received funds were further cashed under the guise of salaries of employees of contracting companies and returned to the customer with a deduction of 10% in favor of the noblemen.

In total, the OPS controlled more than 130 legal entities, on behalf of which at least 4,000 transactions were carried out for amounts ranging from 1,200 rubles to 97 million rubles. The entire extensive network was controlled through online offices in Russian banks and messengers. For conspiracy purposes, the members of the OPS used a "dictionary" developed within the group, addressed each other by code nicknames, and constantly changed phone numbers and e-mail accounts.

The investigation into their activities began in 2019 after mass searches at 65 addresses in Moscow, Moscow, Saratov and Yaroslavl regions, as well as the Komi Republic. Initially, the officers assumed that the criminal group existed for more than 10 years and managed to cash more than 40 billion, but they managed to collect evidence for a much smaller amount.

One of the alleged organizers of the criminal organization - Vladimir Glebov - managed to escape after the initiation of the case and was on an international wanted list for a long time. He was detained only in 2023. His case is being considered separately. In addition to the leadership of a group of niggers man is also accused of embezzlement on a large scale from several businessmen.

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Money net: the court will pass sentence on the case of the OP who laundered 6 billion