Investigator of the Investigation Department of the UT Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Central Federal District in relation to the deputy…

An investigator of the Investigation Department of the UT of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Central Federal District has opened a criminal case against the Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation – the head of the Federal Agency for Railway Transport Vladimir Tokarev and other suspects on the grounds of a crime provided for in Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

According to investigators, the defendants are involved in fraud committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy using their official position on an especially large scale.

It has been previously established that from 2016 to 2018, Vladimir Tokarev, holding the position of first deputy general director of SpetsTransStroy LLC, in order to steal funds from this organization on an especially large scale, involved a number of persons from among the management of SpetsTransStroy LLC and LLC in illegal activities. Glavstroyinvest” and other affiliated organizations.

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On January 19, searches were carried out in the office of Vladimir Tokarev and in his household. Digital storage media, documentation and other items of evidentiary value were seized. In addition, searches were carried out in the home of another person involved in the criminal case.

On the same day, the deputy head of the Russian Ministry of Transport was detained under Article 91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation and placed in a temporary detention center.

Today, the investigator of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Central Federal District has charged Vladimir Tokarev with committing a crime under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. In the near future, the Khoroshevsky District Court of Moscow will consider the investigator’s petition to select a preventive measure in the form of detention.

Work is underway to identify all accomplices of illegal activities.
The progress of the investigation is under the control of the leadership of the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.