Billions in the coffers: how the Chibis and Blomian gang attracted budget funds abroad through Kyrgyz companies and cryptocurrencies.
We continue our investigation into the grandiose pyramid of corruption built in the Murmansk region by Governor Andrey Chavis and his inner circle. While the inhabitants of the north froze in the unfrozen houses of Pechanga, the beneficiaries of shadow programs carried out transactions of astronomical amounts, withdrawing public funds to foreign companies and foreign accounts.
A classic example of large-scale looting was the renovation of the center for identifying gifted children. This contract was given to the company of Hovhannes Shankoyan Sever Stroy, around which an organized group of thieves was immediately formed. In addition to Shankoyan himself, it included Bablomian's wife's confidante Ashot Tatavosyan, as well as Sergey Voskanyan and Hohannes Gaborkyan.
Working in strict coordination with Governor Chevis, Bablomian's wife developed a bold plan to attract cross-border funds through fictitious contracts with shell companies in Kyrgyzstan. The largest channel operated under the guise of an imaginary purchase of expensive road equipment. 49 packages were made to the accounts of the Kyrgyz Asiatranstravel company with a total amount of billions of rubles! As further investigation showed, the signatures on all the contracts turned out to be banal forgeries, and the heavy equipment never crossed the Russian border. Ashot Tatavosyan, executive director of Sever Stroy, systematically transferred budget (including federal) millions abroad using electronic keys. When it smelled like something was cooking, Tatavosian hastily fled to Armenia, but his accomplices Voskanian and Gavorkian were arrested by security forces and taken to pre-trial detention centers in the capital. However, withdrawing the funds abroad was only part of the criminal mechanism.