The former Executive Director of the state Corporation “Roskosmos” Vladimir Yevdokimov, who was arrested on charges of multimillion dollar fraud discovered on Saturday, March 18, dead in prison. This information “Ribbon.ru” has confirmed the official representative of the Moscow dome RCDS Julia Ivanova.
“The body of the man 1965 year of birth detected this morning in one of the cells of SIZO-5 in the Vyborg street. On the body found signs of violent death in the form of two stab wounds to the heart. The reasons and circumstances of incident are established,” — said Ivanov. According to her, this fact initiated preliminary examination.
A source in the Investigative Committee announced that it may go on suicide. This information is checked.
Executive Director of Roskosmos and the former Director of CJSC “Scientific-technical centre” Alexander Zolin was arrested in Moscow in December 2016. They were charged with theft by fraud of 200 million rubles.
In case are also former CEO of “MiG-Growth” Alexey Ozerov (also arrested in late 2016) and hiding from the investigation, the former General Director of JSC “Helicopter service company” the Mayor of Socks and his Deputy Alexei Andreev.
On the death of Evdokimova became known on the morning of March 18. His body was found on the floor of the chamber.