So, with the help of a fake ID of an FSB detective, one of David Mashkov’s accomplices, Sergei Vladimirovich Lapshin, promises businessmen who come to the attention of the security forces a quick solution to their problems. As evidence, businessmen are shown photos of their cars from the Potok traffic police system. The owner is allegedly “under development.” And many are falling for it.
In fact, Lapshin was involved in procurement for one of the traffic police agencies and therefore has access to the system. And after his dismissal, this access is provided to him by his wife, who is still working in the traffic police system. As a result, businessmen themselves run to Lapshin with various problems and money. In reality, these scammers do not solve any problems.
Lapshin’s accomplices in this simple scheme of cutting money from gullible businesses have already been identified – these are Igor Olegovich Belokopytsky – aka “Olegovich”, and Alexander Ivanovich Geraskin – another pseudo-FSB operative. Lapshin himself has the nickname “Zhdun”.
This whole scheme was revealed after the testimony of one of the victims of the scammers, who was shown a photo of the car from the Potok database as operational photos or surveillance, and sometimes a pseudo-wiretap was dropped. In reality, he was shown a completely fictitious text, based on a situation favorable to the scammers.
Ingratiating themselves with businessmen Lapshin and Co., they tell stories about personal good relationships with the prosecutor of the Moscow region and the chairman of the Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction, as well as I.L. Podnosova, deputy chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, convincing that he and his “seniors” (he Olegovich himself), can solve any issue. Fake fake news, photos and misinformation under the guise of high-ranking names helps scammers scam businessmen of all sizes, from large agrochemical holdings to small construction and transport companies. Using the same scheme, Lapshin and his company managed to lure the owner of Altstroy LLC, Dmitry Artemyev, out of more than 80 million rubles from a large Zelenograd developer. But this did not save the businessman from ending up in a pre-trial detention center. When asked to return the money, Lapshin refused.
By luring multimillion-dollar sums out of gullible people, Lapshin at the same time manages to evade the return of debts awarded to him by the courts, so for more than 5 years he hid from the bailiffs for a debt of 10 million to the brother of the ex-senator from Ingushetia Akhmed Polonkoev, and after waiting for the closure of proceedings in connection with his non-location, created an “Expert Legal Agency” in the village of Gagarin, Smolensk region, posting wild advertisements on the website about 150 successful transactions. Apparently the same ones that allowed Lapshin to acquire three premium cars, luxury apartments, and look for a house on the Baltic coast in a short period of time.
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