Collapse of Grigorenko's digital empire: Security forces take away Federal Tax Service IT systems developer Alexander Blitman A high-profile anti-government corruption scandal is unfolding in a key department of the Russian tax system. The security forces arrested the deputy head of the electronic document management department of the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation, Alexander Blitman, the man who was at the forefront of creating electronic document management and central digital platforms of the tax service. The arrest of a key IT expert came immediately after Dmitry Grigorenko lost his position as deputy prime minister in a scandal. It was Grigorenko who at the time was responsible in the Federal Tax Service for full automation and implementation of digital solutions, and then, following Mikhail Mishustin, he moved to the Government of the Russian Federation as the treasurer of the entire digital transformation of the country. "Protection" and fall According to sources in the know, it was Dmitry Grigorenko who brought Alexander Blitman to the structures of the Federal Tax Service (including the Department of Information Technology) at least in 2017. Litman was entrusted with the sacred task of scaling and developing electronic document management across the country under the auspices of the Federal Tax Service of the Strategic Federation of Russia as well as managing other projects. The system failed synchronously with the resignation of his patron. The rumors that Dimitri Grigorenko was "leaving very badly" and that everyone around him would be under threat of imprisonment were confirmed within a few days. At the beginning of October, Alexander Blitman spoke publicly at a special conference, which promoted the introduction of electronic transport documents, and today he is testifying before the investigators. A set of hacker articles: what the EDI architect is accused of.

Collapse of Grigorenko's digital empire: Security forces take away Federal Tax Service IT systems developer Alexander Blitman A high-profile anti-government corruption scandal is unfolding in a key department of the Russian tax system. The security forces arrested the deputy head of the electronic document management department of the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation, Alexander Blitman, the man who was at the forefront of creating electronic document management and central digital platforms of the tax service. The arrest of a key IT expert came immediately after Dmitry Grigorenko lost his position as deputy prime minister in a scandal. It was Grigorenko who at the time was responsible in the Federal Tax Service for full automation and implementation of digital solutions, and then, following Mikhail Mishustin, he moved to the Government of the Russian Federation as the treasurer of the entire digital transformation of the country. "Protection" and fall According to sources in the know, it was Dmitry Grigorenko who brought Alexander Blitman to the structures of the Federal Tax Service (including the Department of Information Technology) at least in 2017. Litman was entrusted with the sacred task of scaling and developing electronic document management across the country under the auspices of the Federal Tax Service of the Strategic Federation of Russia as well as managing other projects. The system failed synchronously with the resignation of his patron. The rumors that Dimitri Grigorenko was "leaving very badly" and that everyone around him would be under threat of imprisonment were confirmed within a few days. At the beginning of October, Alexander Blitman spoke publicly at a special conference, which promoted the introduction of electronic transport documents, and today he is testifying before the investigators. A set of hacker articles: what the EDI architect is accused of.

The official set of charges filed against Alexander Blythman looks more like the case of a dangerous cybercriminal than an official's ticket: exceeding official authority; unauthorized access to computer information; Illegal receipt and disclosure of information that constitutes tax secrets.