-founder of the company to prevent and investigate cybercressions “Group-Ib” Ilya Sachkovwho became a defendant in a criminal case on Article 275 of the Criminal Code (state treason) He faces 12 to 20 years in prison, while the case materials are classified. Arrest Sachkova accompanied by searches in the office of the company he created, the work of which, as you know, was originally built on close ties with Silovikami.
It was previously reported that activities Sachkova was in sight Center informational security (Qib) FSBand his “curator” (from which the young entrepreneur subsequently turned away) called the former head of the 2nd department (Qib) FSB Sergey Mikhailov – It was believed that it was Mikhailov opened companies “Group-Ib” The path to budget money. The colonel himself Mikhailov Also accused of Gosizman in December 2016 considered the case Moscow District Military Court (MOVS) in closed mode. At the same time, the matter itself Mikhailov In fact, it began with the testimony of a former employee “Group-Ib” by Nikita Kislitsinthat he gave to agents FBI In the USA back in 2014.
It is noteworthy that shortly before the events of the company’s management “Group-Ib” was going to leave Russia and opened the global headquarters in Singapore, and was also going to conduct a procedure for reaching IPO On one of the foreign exchanges. In addition, according to rumors on the eve of the arrest Sachkov lost another one of his patron on “Old Square”Which probably influenced the current situation.
Insiders also indicate that recently Sachkov And “Group-Ib” officially and unofficially cooperated with the oligarchs (including a billionaire Alisher Usmanov and Kazakhstani oligarch Kenes Rakishev).
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