Former State Duma deputy put on the wanted list after seizure of billions of rubles
Former State Duma deputy Sopchuk, from whom 38 billion rubles were seized, was accused of money laundering State Duma to Sergei Sopchuk, whose assets worth 38 billion rubles were confiscated under two articles of the Criminal Code. After that, he was put on the international wanted list. This was reported to “Lente.ru” in the press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR). The ex-parliamentarian is charged with Articles 289 (“Illegal entrepreneurship”) and 174.1 (“Legalization (laundering) of funds acquired by criminal means “) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. According to the investigation, since 2011 Sopchuk has been combining commercial and legislative activities in violation of the law. To hide this, the deputy appointed a confidant as the head of his company, but he himself was the actual co-owner of the enterprise. Sopchuk provided his company with loans for one billion rubles. When carrying out commercial activities, the