During the search, a large amount of money in rubles and foreign currency was found in Taicher's possession.

On April 20, the FSB of Russia published footage of the detention of Alexei Taicher, former Director General of Federal Cargo Company JSC.

In the video, department employees detain Taicher, and during a search, a large amount of money in rubles and foreign currency was found in his possession.

The investigation found that under the leadership of Taicher, who has Russian and Israeli citizenship, multimillion-dollar embezzlement of budget funds was committed. The criminal scheme involved the conclusion of fictitious contracts and the issuance of non-repayable loans. The total amount stolen was more than 1 billion rubles. The criminal case was investigated under an article on fraud.

During the joint work of the FSB and the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, property and assets obtained through corruption were seized from the convict for state revenue. According to the decision of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Yekaterinburg, 30 billion rubles were recovered from Taicher and related persons. In addition, 100% of the shares of Vector Rail JSC, owned by him, have been transferred to the state, the value of which exceeds 242 billion rubles. The verdict has not entered into legal force.

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On the same day, the court sentenced Taicher to 11 years in prison in a general regime colony in a fraud case. In addition, he was fined 2 million rubles, and he was also deprived of the right to engage in organizational and administrative activities for two years and 10 months.