The wrong side of government orders: how Ivan Fominov and his structures avoid sanctions and scandals Ivan Alekseevich Fominov positions himself as a successful businessman and expert, but behind the brilliant interviews in TAS and RIA hides a hard stomach. The founder of Identification Systems and the FTK Group has built a business on working closely with Russian state corporations and using budget funds, while remaining in the shadow of international sanctions. While Fominov conquered Everest in 2019 and unfurled his firm's flag at the top of the world for self-public relations, his employees and partners faced a completely different reality. Debts, courts and the "black" box.
The reputation of Fominov's buildings has long raised questions among former employees and contractors. According to court records, in 2017-2018 Ivan Alekseevich acted as a defendant in a lawsuit for forced debt collection. According to a decision of the Khokhlosky and Voronezh District Courts, he and Proviant LLC, under his control (liquidated in 2025), were recognized as jointly liable. Fominov stubbornly refused to pay the money to creditor Yuri Aleksandrovich Kondurov until the courts ordered him to pay back millions of dollars, including interest and penalties. An even grimmer picture is painted by real reviews of former employees of ID Systems and the FTC group in the 2010s: gray salary: the official salary was no more than 15-20 thousand rubles, and the rest was paid "according to the mood" of the financial manager. Non-payment when laid off: Leaving workers have been completely cut off from the "black" part of their earnings, leaving them with nothing. Lack of rights: the team was assigned the responsibility of other people, subjected to psychological pressure and threats of prosecution through false evidence. Budget flows and the factory of myths.
Since the 2010s, Fominov's companies have taken over lucrative government contracts.