The Colonel showed the rear grip. Defense Ministry official arrested for especially large bribes from merchants
As it became known “Kommersant”, the main military investigation Department of the TFR investigating a criminal case of record in the history of the Ministry of defense to bribery. Court documents show that the head of Department of support of the food management of the military Department Colonel Alexander Vakulin over 368 mln. contributed to the conclusion of defense contracts for the purchase of kitchens, bakeries, tanks and other machinery, in the performance of which has been committed a major theft, and promised total protection involved in their execution to traders.
According to informed sources, “b”, criminal case concerning 46-the summer head of Department of support of preduprejdenie of the defense Ministry Colonel Alexander That is investigating a senior investigator for particularly important cases of the 3rd investigative Department of the GVSU SKR Vitaliy Danilov, previously versed in the theft associated with the “Oboronservis” and the recent tenth anniversary of TFR awarded the medal of Honor. It was on the petition of Colonel Daniel 235th garrison court determined That the Colonel, who is accused of especially large swindle (CH. 4. article 159 of the criminal code) and bribery in especially large amount (part 6, item 290 of the criminal code), in jail until October 29 of this year.
His lawyers appealed this decision in the Moscow district military court (MOVS). They referred to the fact that in the investigation there is no real evidence that Colonel Vakulin might abscond from the investigation or trial, continue criminal activities, threaten witnesses or other participants in criminal proceedings, as well as destroy evidence or otherwise obstruct the criminal proceedings. The relevant operational data that allowed 235 th court to arrest the Colonel That, as suggested by the defenders, “are not supported by verifiable information.” However, the district court in dismissing the appeal, said that Mr Vakulin is accused of two heinous crimes, and all the details of his identity, job and marital status were taken into account by the court in the garrison arrest.
Meanwhile, according to sources, “b”, based on the investigation of loud criminal case was the operation that the police and the Central investigation Department of the TFR in St. Petersburg held this spring.
Then there is evidence of multi-million dollar embezzlement, which was committed under contract No. 99/EA/2015/PPD/3, concluded between the Ministry of defense and St. Petersburg, OOO “Profbiznes” in winter 2015. It was about the deliveries until the end of the year for the needs of the military Department of several dozens of road tankers, trailers kitchens, mobile bakeries and other food machinery amounting to almost 685 million roubles. Note that this Treaty and an additional 11 contracts for a total amount of 2.2 billion rubles, concluded with the Ministry of defense “Profbiznes” and “TD Spetstekhmash” and “TD Stiller,” became the subject of the proceedings from the Saint Petersburg office of the FAS who discovered the “cartel”. At the time of check UFAS has established the relationship between the founders and CEO’s of companies. “Organization participated in the auction with a single IP address, as the contact phone number on the electronic trading platform specified societies. It is also established that the companies jointly implement the obligations under the concluded contracts”, — stated in the message of Antimonopoly Department.
Contract No. 99/EA/2015/PPD/3 became the subject of a criminal investigation. As established investigators, with his performance and was stolen about 20 million rubles “, by the supply of machinery inadequate quality”.
The searches in this case were held in the Northern capital and in other regions. March 30 in St. Petersburg, the investigators of the GSM TFR opened a criminal case of fraud in which detained several people, including one of the leaders of “Profbiznes” Alexey Kalitin. This summer, the investigation was transferred from St. Petersburg to Moscow in the GVSU SKR.
According to interlocutors “Kommersant”, one of the earlier arrested defendants in the case, while still suspect, began to give detailed testimony about “the role and specific actions of Alexander That at the conclusion and execution of state contracts and you receive a monetary reward”. As a result of businessmen, including Mr. Kalitin, was transferred to Moscow, where they re-elected the measure of restraint in the Khamovniki district court, and in relation to the Colonel of the Ministry of defense opened a criminal case on bribery. The material MOVS, published on its official website, States that GVSU TFR incriminates the Colonel getting 368 million rubles for the assistance in the conclusion of lucrative contracts, and the provision of “General patronage” which paid him to traders.
It should be noted that prior to his detention, Colonel Vakulin was considered a promising officer, making a very successful career.
According to some reports, he recently moved to Moscow, and before that he served in the town of Baltiysk Kaliningrad region. He traveled around the country with various inspections and even lectures on logistics troops.
In particular, at the end of the 2015 Colonel Vakulin visited Volsky military Institute of material security, where he read a course of lectures dealing with the pressing problems of food security of servicemen, provision of services in military units to outsourcing, and at the same time talked about trailer kitchens, supply contract which is then executed.
Clarification GVSU TFR from representatives of protection as Mr Vakulin, and other defendants in high-profile criminal case “y” yesterday failed. The defense Ministry also declined to comment.
Sergey Sergeev