SK: ex-billionaire Safonichev in Moscow forged evidence in a civil case 
Seller of premium watches and bankrupt with three billion debt Rubles Sergei Safonichev was caught on a false certificate in Moscow, Izvestia writes.
The investigation was started by the Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Investigation Directorate for the Northern District of Moscow. The businessman is suspected of falsifying evidence in a civil case (Article 303 of the Criminal Code of Russia, the punishment for violation of which ranges from a fine to arrest). In addition to the ex-billionaire, four more people may become suspects.
Representatives of the Investigative Committee (IC) learned that the bankrupt former billionaire, within three days, from May 19 to May 21, 2015, removed five Mercedes cars, as well as BMW and Maybach. He reissued all the cars to other people. According to a law enforcement source, the transactions were made at a price significantly lower than market prices – within 250 thousand rubles. The cost turned out to be ten times understated.
At the same time, the company from Tver, through which the property was sold, was liquidated a month before the deal. The firm had no right to rate cars, but it did. Investigators believe that the vehicle inspection reports, which list the damage, were forged.
The businessman used fake documents in the Arbitration Court on July 21, 2020, the law enforcement agencies concluded. In 2015, the Federal Customs Service confiscated exclusive watches and jewelry imported into Russia illegally. Presumably, the product was intended for Safonichev and was paid for with borrowed funds.
Earlier, Forbes named the owner of Severstal, Alexei Mordashov, a leader in the ranking of Russian billionaires with the highest income in 2020.