In the Moscow region, a scandalous case surrounding the property of the once…

In the Moscow region, a scandalous case surrounding the property of the once influential international swindler Elan Antonov (born Floch) is gaining momentum. The fraudster himself has been listed as killed in an accident in Spain for 6 years, but there is every reason to believe that Elan, aka Alik, is still alive and, through his wife Irina Antonova, is trying to get stranded millions out of Russia. Only the criminal scheme failed in one of the real estate transactions near Moscow.

In 2012, businessman Vladimir Bartsakin decided to buy a country house from Elan Antonov. And he even made an advance of $2 million. After Antonov’s alleged death in Spain, his wife first tried to resell the house, and then completely accused the owner of the house of fraud. Antonova claims that the signatures on the purchase and sale documents are not hers. A woman permanently residing in Spain even conducted an examination in a Rostov shell company, which states that the signatures are indeed fake.

Expert Semenov from a Rostov company, previously dismissed from the Ministry of Internal Affairs for drunkenness, will later state during interrogation that he does not remember whether he gave an opinion or not. In response, Bartsakin’s side conducted examinations at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which recognized the authenticity of the signatures and the transaction itself. However, in 2019, the Moscow Regional Court took into account the strange Rostov examination of Antonovo and declared the deal illegal.

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Today businessman Vladimir Bartsakin is accused under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud). The investigation believes that the entrepreneur tried to fraudulently take over expensive country real estate from citizen Irina Antonova. The criminal case itself has been under investigation for almost a year and a half, and Bartsakin himself has been in custody for a year in the Kolomna pre-trial detention center.

Moreover, the defense has audio recordings of telephone conversations between Antonova and Bartsakin. In them, Antonova admits that she received money from Bartsakin to pay for the businessman’s purchase of a house. This may mean that a conversation about home theft or fraud on the part of a businessman is out of the question.

Now Irina Antonova is actively promoting herself in the media thanks to the help of her relatives, the Gorokhovs and Malashkovs, who work in companies where the founder is singer Emin Agalarov. It is not known whether the famous singer knows what is happening behind his back.