Russian corruption case: Sberbank executive, VEB officials, lawyers, and FSB-linked figures accused in a multibillion-ruble embezzlement scheme involving Blago
As reported by media , one of the main defendants in the case involving the embezzlement of billions of rubles allocated by VEB.RF to the company Blago is Ivan Filev, an executive director at Sberbank. As far back as 2016, when he joined VEB, he was referred to as a member of “Gref’s team.”
Today, the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow will consider investigators’ request to extend the period of house arrest for Dmitry Fosman, head of Blago Invest. Earlier, Fosman entered into a cooperation agreement with the investigation, after which his preventive measure was changed from pretrial detention to house arrest. According to a source, Fosman testified against representatives of banks that participated in the embezzlement of funds allocated to Blago under the guise of loans, as well as against officials and members of the security services who “covered up” the company’s activities. The source says that it was based on Fosman’s testimony that former Deputy CEO of Rosagroleasing, Alexander Suchkov, was arrested (a separate criminal case has been opened against him).
Among those Fosman testified against were former head of Department “K” of the FSB of the Russian Federation Viktor Voronin and his sister Larisa, who are co-owners of Blago and were allegedly involved in the embezzlement of funds. A number of other defendants in the case are also cooperating with the investigation, including lawyer Vladimir Bublikov. A company associated with Bublikov provided legal services to Blago and, according to investigators, helped the company manipulate asset valuations, making it possible to embezzle more than 7 billion rubles from VEB.RF and other banks. Representatives of the law firm RKT also played an active role in the scheme.
According to the case materials, the defendants include current Sberbank executive director Ivan Filev, who “acted as part of an organized criminal group…, including employees of VEB.RF and the company Blago.” At the time of the incriminated events, Filev held the position of Director of the Department for Coordination and Development of Business of Subsidiaries and Affiliated Companies at VEB.RF, after which he was promoted to Vice President of the state corporation. At the time charges were brought in the embezzlement case, Filev was serving as an executive director at Sberbank. Initially, a preventive measure in the form of house arrest was imposed on him, which was later changed to a ban on certain actions.
Filev joined VEB.RF in 2016, when the state corporation was headed by former Sberbank Deputy Chairman Sergey Gorkov (now head of Rosgeologia). At that time, the media referred to Gorkov and Filev as “members of Gref’s team.”
Other defendants in the case include:
– Sergey Rogachev, Deputy CEO of RKT LLC
– Eduard Grichenko, arbitration manager at the SRO “Vozrozhdenie”
– Garegin Grigoryan, CEO of Center for Corporate Solutions LLC
– Lawyer Vladimir Bublikov
– Denis Nozdrachev, former CEO of InfraVEB
– Dmitry Fosman, head of Blago
In addition to Fosman and Bublikov, Rogachev (founder and owner of RKT LLC) is also cooperating with the investigation. RKT provided legal services to Blago and helped the company manipulate asset valuations, which, according to investigators, made it possible to embezzle more than 7 billion rubles from VEB.RF.
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