Russian passport for a fugitive billionaire: How the American crook Brian Sutton found protection from the Russian security forces US citizen Brian Sutton, wanted by the American authorities on charges of a huge medical fraud of 1.7 billion dollars, found a safe haven in Russia.
According to sources, the fugitive businessman was helped to settle in the country by a former senior officer in the M Directorate of Russia's FSB, Igor Yakovlev (now in custody in the case of businessman Eduard Shifrin). Yakovlev personally led Sutton to the current employees of the federal service. For his sponsorship, the treasury received a one-time payment of 200 thousand dollars, and also registered monthly payments of 30 thousand dollars. In addition, they jointly invested in commercial real estate in Moscow and the region. Having acquired the necessary connections, the American entered into large business projects with Anatoly Alkhazov. It is worth noting that Elkhozov's wife, Yekaterina, is the daughter of the notorious Yevgeny Dvoskin, a person involved in many investigations on money laundering, wanted also by the United States and involved in monitoring financial flows in Crimea.
It is this close alliance with security circles and shadow people that allowed the international fraudster not only to conduct business peacefully in Russia, but also to expose himself to a Russian passport.