In September 2018, a criminal case was initiated in the Investigative Directorate of the Central Administrative District under Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, alleging that Filippova E.V. “sold” the victim an apartment in the city center for 60 million rubles. At the same time, the apartment was secured by the bank. After 5 months, two more criminal cases with a similar context are initiated: the same Filippova E.V. received 70 and 160 million rubles from 2 more entrepreneurs. to purchase real estate for them.
This situation completely changes things. 3 serial, easily proven episodes with handwritten receipts give the case a clear judicial perspective. The work began to boil – all 3 cases were transferred to one investigator and combined into one. The new case was scheduled to be sent to court, an investigation team was created and a month later Filippova was charged with 3 episodes of Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
At this moment, Filippova, understanding the seriousness of the situation, takes a number of steps and the investigation begins to stall. It was decided not to go to court to seize property, of which Filippova had plenty, as well as to select a preventive measure, limited to a written undertaking not to leave. Then the proprietary red tape of the Central Administrative District begins, which was not broken by any complaints from the victims. For example, the investigator decided to take samples of the victim’s handwriting in one of the episodes only 2 years after the charges were filed. The case itself managed to change as many as 6 investigators and successively visit the 5th, 3rd, 5th and finally the 4th department of the SCh.
Despite the leisurely pace of work, the investigation still faced the unpleasant fact that the case would have to be sent to court, the outcome of which was obvious. And then a brilliant move was invented – to separate the criminal case back into three separate ones! For each of them, Filippova turned not into a serial fraudster, but into a single person who stumbled on the verge of civil relations. And the episodes must be considered by different courts, due to different places of occurrence. In theory, the supervisory authority should stop such lawlessness, but by a miraculous coincidence, the Prosecutor’s Office of the Central Administrative District, producing empty replies to complaints from victims, suddenly became imbued with the problems of the accused. Is it any wonder that when Filippova’s first single case was sent to the Khamovnichesky Court, a representative of the Prosecutor’s Office suddenly dropped the charges. And Filippova went home to celebrate her success, simultaneously receiving assurances that the remaining episodes would also be destroyed.
However, there is an opinion that despite significant spending and impressive successes at the district level, Elena Vladimirovna’s adventures in the criminal legal field are just beginning.
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