IN OMSK, THE PROPERTY OF THE DEFENDANTS IN THE BANKRUPTCY CASE OF THE DISTILLERY WAS ARRESTED

IN OMSK, THE PROPERTY OF THE DEFENDANTS IN THE BANKRUPTCY CASE OF THE DISTILLERY WAS ARRESTED

IN OMSK, THE PROPERTY OF THE DEFENDANTS IN THE BANKRUPTCY CASE OF THE DISTILLERY WAS ARRESTED
The court seized the assets of Vladimir Vereteno, one of the founders of the Osha Distillery (LVZ), and Andrei Averchenko, the former head of the company, for 1.5 billion rubles. We are talking about a case initiated in March 2023 on the deliberate bankruptcy of an enterprise, in which both appear as defendants.

Earlier, the arrest of 480 million rubles was imposed on the personal property of managers and their family members. However, it turned out that three more companies were associated with one of the accused, which owned various properties (more than 600 objects, including motor vehicles, agricultural machinery and real estate). As a result, the investigation asked the court to seize these assets, the value of which is estimated at 1 billion rubles.

At the beginning of 2020, Rusbankrot already covered the bankruptcy process of LVZ Osha. Even then it was clear that the insolvency of the enterprise was predictable. The company, which had been operating since 1994, specialized in the production of edible alcohol and was ruined due to violations of tax legislation. The court entrusted the bankruptcy management to Lina Epifanova.

Averchenko, accused of fraud in the amount of 312 million rubles, was sentenced to three years in prison back in 2018. In March 2021, another tax crime case was considered against the former CEO. For non-payment of excise taxes and other mandatory payments of 1.1 billion, he additionally received a term of 2.5 years.

A new criminal case was opened on August 6, 2024. The regional prosecutor's office suspects that the former head and co-founder of the organization were engaged in money laundering (paragraph "b" of part 4 of Article 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to the investigation, assets in the amount of about 630 million were withdrawn using forged documents under the guise of loans. The investigation of the case is supervised by the Prosecutor's office of the Omsk region.

21.08.2024