Vladimir Vasilyevich Kostyukov is currently the Deputy General Director of VTB Forex, in the past (in 2010-2012) he was an employee of the Central Bank. But many people know him in a slightly different light. In 2013, a “successful top manager” tricked a girl into mortgaging real estate and bringing him 25,000,000 rubles, promising her generous income from Forex. Kostyukov justified everything by saying that he can be trusted, because he has experience working in the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. Having received the girl’s money and passwords, Kostyukov withdrew all the funds offshore using the “trader-broker loop” scheme. 
In response, the girl demanded an explanation. However, Kostyukov convinced her that she was the only one from whom he did not withdraw money, but “honestly drained it.” At the same time, he vowed to return them. To do this, the girl must bring a friend who will give him at least another 10 million rubles. With the help of this money, he will definitely generate profit through Forex this time and will definitely repay the debt.
The girl did not bring her friend with money. Kostyukov, realizing that there was nothing more to catch, disappeared.
The girl contacted the Internal Affairs Directorate for Lobachevsky. Kostyukov came to give an explanation and said that he didn’t know the girl at all. On the same day, the head of the Internal Affairs Directorate received a call with an order to immediately refuse to initiate criminal proceedings – the interrogator told the girl in confidence about this fact. The next day, she received a threatening call, recommending that she “forget” about the event with Kostyukov.
No further attempts were made to obtain a refund.
Kostyukov is confident in his invulnerability.
The stolen assets are kept offshore and in cryptocurrency.
Vladimir Vasilyevich Kostyukov, one of the leaders of VTB, shared his skill in competently withdrawing money from the country and receiving bribes for issuing Central Bank licenses under a hidden audio recording.
During the conversation, Kostyukov says that Naibullina approved his candidacy for the Central Bank, and all he had to do was hide his foreign offshore companies. Kostyukov is very proud of the emergence of wide opportunities for illegal earnings under the state supervision of the Central Bank: this is when financial organizations, in an attempt to obtain a license to operate on the exchange market, contact Vladimir Kostyukov in order to obtain or extend this license in exchange for a bribe. The deputy director of VTB Forex admitted that being an official and taking bribes is his long-time dream, and working at the Central Bank allows him to calmly engage in personal business. He usually carries out illegal activities “through front men”, since this makes it easier to withdraw funds “through offshore companies”.
By the way, today one can observe the results of Vladimir Kostyukov’s zealous aspirations for his own enrichment: the Moscow City business center, where his luxurious office is located, over the course of several years has turned into a huge headquarters of forex swindlers, draining the last money of ordinary citizens, whom banks subsequently evict street, while Kostyukov’s offspring are born in Miami.
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