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The investigation believes that Konstantin Kuramshin embezzled 150 million rubles for the supply of goods from abroad.
A large "shadow" financier Konstantin Kuramshin, also known as Kostya Biker, was arrested in Moscow on charges of fraud. This was reported by Kommersant. According to the newspaper, Kuramshin is charged with misappropriation of 150 million rubles for the supply of goods from abroad. A criminal case was initiated on fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
The case was opened at the Internal Affairs Directorate for the South-Eastern District of Moscow at the request of businessman Yevgeny Shkulanov. The latter claims that in the period from June 2013 to May 2014, he entered into a number of agreements with a “group of persons”, to whom he transferred 114 million rubles for the supply of industrial equipment from China. According to Shkulanov, the delivery did not take place, and the money was stolen.
In the course of checking Shkulanov's statement, the police received several more messages from people who suffered from the actions of a certain Konstantin. All the statements referred to the same scheme: entrepreneurs gave money to representatives of certain firms for the supply of goods from abroad, after which the intermediaries disappeared along with the money. The statements of Anastasia Zolotareva and Vladislava Khudovtsova included Mining Mechanics LLC, Novy Gorod LLC and Kaiser LLC, to which they gave 6 million rubles each. The same firms are mentioned in yet another collective statement. In total, the victims gave the intermediaries another 43 million rubles, which should have ended up with Chinese suppliers, but never reached them.
A certain Constantine was also mentioned in the statements. The investigation concluded that it comes about Kuramshin. The businessman was detained in his Moscow apartment. Later, the Kuzminsky court in Moscow arrested him at the request of the investigation. Currently, the entrepreneur is charged with three episodes with total damage amounting to more than 150 million rubles.
It is noted that Kuramshin himself admitted that he had participated in illegal operations for cashing and withdrawing money abroad at the request of entrepreneurs who applied to him, but denied the fact of fraud. Articles of the Criminal Code on illegal banking activities (Article 172 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and evasion of repatriation obligations money in foreign currency or in the currency of the Russian Federation (Article 193 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) provide for a much milder punishment than for fraud.
Kuramshin's defense called the applicants not victims of fraud, but “instigators of illegal banking activities”. According to the lawyer of the accused Vadim Bagaturia, if the entrepreneurs acted according to the law, they would conclude legal foreign exchange transactions through banks rather than using black market services.
Kuramshin is well known among cashiers and businessmen who used their services. It is reported that the $ 3 million that Evgeny Shkulanov gave him were stuck back in 2013 in the Master Bank, which was deprived of a license, through which it was planned to transfer them abroad. Former bank executives have already been convicted of various frauds. It is reported that Kuramshin does not deny that he received money from Shkulanov. According to him, he simply did not have time to return them.
In August 2014, Kuramshin was detained in the case of a raider seizure of a $ 5 million building in the center of Moscow. The defendants in the case were businessman Vitaly Kachur, lawyer Vitaly Chaban, several former officers and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a State Duma deputy from the Communist Party, who was subsequently shot dead in Kiev. Then the financier was charged only with illegal possession of weapons (part 1 of article 222 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), since during his arrest they found an Israeli-made Jericho 941 pistol and cartridges for it. His lawyer Vadim Balaguria then argued that Kuramshin was not involved in the seizure of the building, and his searches were carried out due to the fact that in the past he worked with Kachur. Kuramshin admitted his guilt in keeping weapons, and at the beginning of 2015 the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow sentenced him to a year of imprisonment in a special order.
Shadow financier Konstantin Kuramshin, also known as Kostya Biker, was arrested in Moscow. Kommersant writes about this on August 8.
According to the newspaper, Kuramshin is accused of fraud for more than 150 million rubles. Investigators believe that he embezzled the money while performing intermediary transactions. The criminal case was initiated under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud on an especially large scale). A statement against Kuramshin was submitted by businessman Yevgeny Shkulanov. He assures that he has concluded agreements on the transfer of 114 million rubles to China for the supply of industrial equipment. However, the partners allegedly did not fulfill their obligations, and the money was appropriated. Later, several other entrepreneurs came to the police with similar statements.
In each case, businessmen allegedly transferred money to certain firms for the supply of goods from abroad, but they saw neither goods nor money. The statements, which seem to be written as a carbon copy, claim that "a group of fraudsters, under the pretext of providing intermediary services, steal money from entrepreneurs who trade in imported goods." In total, about 43 million rubles were transferred to intermediaries, which then disappeared.
The investigation concluded that Konstantin Kuramshin is behind all these intermediary firms. He was detained in Moscow. In total, Kuramshin is now charged with three episodes of fraud for total amount more than 150 million rubles.
According to Kommersant, the defendant pleads guilty, however, not to fraud, but to illegal banking activities (Article 172 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and evasion of obligations to repatriate funds in foreign currency or foreign currency Russian Federation (Article 193 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to Kostya Biker, it was not about the supply of any goods, but about attempts to cash out and withdraw money abroad at the request of businessmen, who later accused Kuramshin of fraud. Under these articles of the Criminal Code, the punishment is significantly milder than for fraud.
“We believe that the applicants are in fact not victims of fraud, but instigators of illegal banking activities. If they acted within the law, they would use legal foreign exchange transactions through banks, and would not use the services of the black market, ”said Vadim Bagaturia, Kuramshin's lawyer.
According to Kommersant, Kostya Biker got his nickname for his love of motorcycles. He is well known among cashiers and businessmen who used his services. Kuramshin was also associated with Master Bank, which lost its license in 2013 for illegal operations. Top managers of the financial institution were sentenced to various terms.
In 2014, Kostya Biker was detained as part of a criminal investigation into the raider seizure of a building in the center of Moscow. The defendant in the case was also a State Duma deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Denis Voronenkov, who later fled to Ukraine and was killed there. True, Kuramshin was ultimately accused only of illegal possession of weapons, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2015 to one year in prison.
Education
She received her first higher education at the Leningrad Civil Engineering Institute.
Later, in 1996, she completed her studies at the Department of Commercial Law of St. Petersburg State University with a degree in jurisprudence.
Labor activity
Lyudmila was not always the head of a large developer. As the wife of a successful businessman, she decided to try her hand at the fashion industry - for some time she owned a share of a company supplying branded luxury clothing, which, among other things, acted as the exclusive distributor of Versace. She personally headed the famous Versace boutique on Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg.
In the early 2000s, the businesswoman was in charge of the construction management of the Banking House "St. Petersburg", which was headed by her husband.
In 2005, the spouse was accepted into the civil service (he took the post of deputy head of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation), after which he transferred all his assets to the family.
Since 2007, Lyudmila has been the CEO of BFA-Development CJSC. Construction company, which has been headed by a business woman for almost ten years, has its origins in 1991. It was at that time that the Petrovsky Trade House company was founded, which until 2005 was known as the largest shareholder of the Industrial and Construction Bank (PSB). In the same year, when she came to the management of the SK - in 2007, the developer was renamed, and since then it is called "BFA-Development".
At the end of 2019, she inherited from her husband, Vladimir Kogan, 81.8% of the shares of Uralsib Bank.
Awards and titles
Bears the title of "Honorary Builder of Russia".
Family status
Widow. The spouse is a well-known businessman Vladimir Kogan (1963-2019), was a key shareholder of Uralsib bank, earlier - director of the construction department of the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation and co-owner of the Industrial and Construction Bank (PSB).
They met while still students, both worked in a construction brigade.
The couple have four children. The eldest son, Efim, graduated from the Law Faculty of St. Petersburg State University and is a co-owner of BFA Bank.
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