The court dismissed the case against a colleague of FSB Lieutenant Colonel Cherkalin, whose property worth 6 billion rubles was confiscated

The Moscow Garrison Military Court terminated the criminal prosecution of a colleague of former FSB Lieutenant Colonel Kirill Cherkalin. An employee of the 2nd department of the “K” department of the FSB, Andrei Vasiliev, was accused of fraud in the amount of 490 million rubles. And Cherkalin and his relatives confiscated money and other property worth 6.3 billion rubles, and in total in the case of 12 billion rubles.

Vasiliev’s case was closed at the request of the defense, transfers RIA News”. This decision was made by judge Konstantin Seleznev. The petition was made due to the fact that the 10-year statute of limitations in the fraud case expired in early December.

The court also canceled Vasilyev’s preventive measure in the form of house arrest, and the civil suit brought against him by the victims was left without consideration. The arrest was also lifted from most of the property of Vasiliev and his relatives. At the same time, the FSB officer was charged with legal costs in the amount of more than 1 million rubles, including for conducting expert examinations.

In addition to Vasilyev, a former employee of the central office of the FSB Dmitry Frolov and a former shareholder of Kreditimpex bank Georgy Shkurko, who are in custody, were brought to justice.

According to the investigation, in 2011 Cherkalin, Vasilyev and Frolov misled the head of the construction company, Sergei Glyadelkin, that he could be prosecuted. The businessman agreed to transfer to the extortionists “in full his share in the authorized capital of the LLC” in the amount of at least 490 million rubles. Cherkalin, according to the investigation, led a criminal group. The case was initiated under article 159 (fraud on an especially large scale by prior conspiracy).

Cherkalin made a deal with the investigation and declared repentance, the case against him was separated into a separate proceeding. The court considered him in a special order and sentenced the counterintelligence officer to seven years in a strict regime colony. He was also stripped of his rank of lieutenant colonel in the reserve and banned from holding positions in law enforcement for three years after his release.

The court also partially satisfied the claims of the victims against Cherkalin: he was ordered to pay businessmen Sergei Glyadelkin and Igor Tkach almost 319 million rubles each.

Frolov and Shkurko are also charged with bribery. According to the investigation, Frolov, who was in charge of the “bank” department of the “K” department of the FSB, received monthly illegal remuneration from the management of the “Kreditimpex” bank, including from Shkurko. Bankers feared the revocation of the license. For the general patronage of Frolov, they gave him 100-150 thousand (first dollars, and then euros).