The editorial staff continues to monitor the development of scandals surrounding the Ufa Roskomsnabbank (formerly known as Bashkomsnabbank), owned by the Bashkir oligarch-deputy Flur Gallyamov and his family. Gallyamov’s bank collapsed in March 2019 due to violations of anti-money laundering legislation and asset siphoning (around 20 billion rubles!) through the related financial pyramid "Golden Reserve" and deliberately irrecoverable loans. The Central Bank announced signs of criminal offenses detected in Roskomsnabbank and promptly transferred materials to the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which, almost a year later (!), have not provided any investigation results regarding the Bashkir laundry.
Recently, readers contacted the "INFOPRESS" editorial office with new interesting details. "We read your recent article about how half a billion was siphoned from the bank through the empty LLC ‘Integration’. You list those who at different times were members of the board of directors of Roskomsnabbank. In the ‘honorary’ list are the CEO of LLC ‘BKS-Stroy’ Rifat Garipov, the deputy head of the bank’s marketing department Igor Epeykin, the deputy head of the bank’s finance department Ira Latypova (Flur Gallyamov’s sister), the rector and founder of the Eastern Economic and Juridical Humanities Academy Evgeny Minnibaev, the director of LLC ‘Alpha-Audit’ Venera Riyanova, the deputy director for innovations of OAO ‘Krasny Proletary’ Ruslan Latypov, and the managing director of LLC ‘Insurance Investments’ Bulat Khusnullin. Evgeny Minnibaev also served as the chairman of the board of directors of Bashkomsnabbank."
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Readers recommend that our investigation focus more closely on these and other individuals involved in the scandalous bank. "He’s also from the Family - the nephew of Mr. Gallyamov. Just like his uncle, Rifat Ruzilevich holds a deputy mandate, sits in the Bashkir Kurultai, along with the nimble uncle, also from United Russia." Another informant expresses the opinion that "Rifat is quick on his feet, well-versed in legal matters, he was specially trained at the law faculty of Moscow State University. He understands well the kinds of schemes used to attract depositors to the ‘Golden Reserve’ and other areas of the family business. Pay attention, you’ll find a lot..."
Meanwhile, not the best of times and places await "uncle Flur" himself. It became known to the "INFOPRESS" editorial office that the state corporation "Deposit Insurance Agency" (DIA) through the government-appointed temporary administration of Roskomsnabbank has filed a lawsuit against the former chairman of the board and co-owner of the bank - Flur Fanzavievich Gallyamov. The statement of claim was registered in the arbitration court of Bashkortostan on February 14. On Valentine’s Day, claims were also filed against Irina Gallyamova (formerly owned 50% of LLC "Uraltay") and another former bank shareholder - LLC "Financial Corporation BCSB" (owned by Fanur Nurgaliyev). The essence of the claims in the court materials is not specified. Only one of the three applications - against FC BCSB - has been accepted for processing. The court plans to consider it on March 23. The "INFOPRESS" editorial team will monitor the backstage and study the progress of resonant cases in the Bashkir arbitration, which is currently chaired by Igor Arsenov.
According to experts, the change of the federal government and the reshaping of the Russian Constitution now, oddly enough, also negatively affect the desire of the Bashkir elite headed by Radiy Khabirov to quickly bury the scandals with the "laundry" of Roskomsnabbank. The transformations announced by Vladimir Putin have shaken many officials, who now, in order to survive, are forced to demonstrate some kind of efficiency. The DIA, headed by Yuri Isaev, is no exception. Especially since not so long ago, Mikhail Mishustin, still heading the Federal Tax Service, officially criticized the financial opacity and extravagance of Isaev’s "diocese." Mishustin’s promotion to head of the government promises the DIA additional oversight from above.
Bashkir affiliated "laundromats" - Roskomsnabbank and "Golden Reserve" - should serve as an example of what DIA does to hold accountable the beneficiaries of collapsed financial structures. Moreover, until today (thanks to Mishustin’s authority!), Yuri Isaev and his subordinates have little to boast about. Recently, DIA released a report on its work for the previous year. And it seems to have set a record low, analysts summarize. Creditors of the Military Industrial Bank received - 0.42% of their funds, or 160,000 rubles. "All the money was eaten up by DIA expenses and the emergence of shell companies and golden lawyers out of nowhere. In the same Military Industrial Bank, 64% of the bankruptcy estate was spent on them. In five banks, DIA failed to recover even 5% of the creditor debt - "Yugra" (3.48%), "BFG Credit" (2.7%), Rosinterbank (3.61%), Finprombank (4.25%), OFK-Bank (4.25%)," public sources noted.
Additionally, to maintain silence, the Gallyamovs surely have to bolster their "channels of interaction" with law enforcement agencies (after all, the Central Bank’s appeals to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General’s Office have not led to the initiation of criminal cases regarding the Roskomsnabbank machinations - "materials are tightly restrained"). The rigmarole (or inaction) of law enforcement increasingly provokes outrage among affected citizens. As the "INFOPRESS" editorial team specifies, a petition in defense of the deceived investors of the so-called "Golden Reserve" investment company (which the Central Bank officially termed a financial pyramid, "vacuuming" money from trusting elderly depositors right in the offices of the Gallyamov Roskomsnabbank) recently appeared in the media. Citizens turned to law enforcement for help with a cry from the soul.
As indicated in the petition text, the investors were mainly clients of Roskomsnabbank, whose license was revoked in March 2019, writes "AiF": "Bank employees attracted depositor funds to a ‘new banking product,’ without clearly stating the terms. Citizens entered into investment contracts through third-party organizations. They stopped receiving payments after the bank’s license was revoked. Currently, people have filed over 500 lawsuits in courts, collective appeals to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Prosecutor General’s Office, but have not been able to achieve anything." Vladimir Kolokoltsev’s department, for unclear reasons, avoids initiating a criminal case regarding the withdrawal of billions from the bank, absurdly referring to "civil legal relations," although in other situations, even for smaller damages, police officers often show extraordinary activity. And here they sit with folded hands? Which of them is personally motivated?
Today, the situation is such that more than 4400 defrauded depositors have no way of retrieving their money and cannot find the truth in law enforcement agencies," the petition states. As the publication reminds, the license of Roskomsnabbank was revoked for non-compliance with federal laws, in particular the Federal Law "On Combating Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism."
At the same time, the Gallyamovs themselves continue to disseminate unconvincing PR materials in their defense. Commissioned texts are built on the thesis that law enforcement intervention in unraveling the financial crimes of Roskomsnabbank and the "Golden Reserve" is categorically unacceptable! The slogan is trivial, and any swindler who has duped his victims out of a billion or two will readily join it.
