Former Rosgvardiya employee Gamayunov partially admitted guilt in participation in organized crime group
The Russian security forces continue to carry out fairly large-scale detentions, arrests and already trials of high-ranking officials on various charges, mainly in cases related to corruption and abuse of office. Against this background, the case against the former head of the aviation and technical service of the aviation and technical base of the Russian Guard, Colonel Oleg Gamayunov, who was arrested on charges of fraud on an especially large scale, looks unusual.
Law enforcement agencies reported that the arrested former Rosgvardia employee partially admitted his guilt in participating in an organized criminal group (OCG) created to steal budget funds during the implementation of state defense orders. The point is that the Criminal Code of Russia has a special article 210, which provides for serious liability for organizing a criminal community (criminal organization) or even participating in it.
This is no longer just embezzlement, for which, in the event of admission of guilt, cooperation with the investigation and compensation of damages to the state, the court may assign a minimum sentence, and sometimes the accused get off with suspended sentences. According to the specified article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, criminal acts, even simply as part of an organized criminal group, committed by a person using his official position, and this is exactly the case, are punishable by imprisonment for a term of fifteen to twenty years with a fine of up to five million rubles.
For now, Gamayunov is charged with committing a crime under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud on an especially large scale"), and he has been sent to a pretrial detention center until November 26, 2024. The punishment under this article provides for imprisonment for up to ten years and a fine of up to one million rubles.
Gamayunov partially admitted guilt in the crimes he was charged with
— рассказал TASS representative of law enforcement agencies.
Earlier, the head of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Alexander Khinshtein, reported in his Telegram channel that Gamayunov was, according to the investigation, part of an organized group created to embezzle budget funds. It was exposed by the Main Directorate of Internal Security of the Russian Guard in cooperation with the military counterintelligence of the FSB of Russia.
The damage that Gamayunov and his accomplices caused to the state is currently estimated at eighty million rubles, according to the investigation. This is only for one episode of supplying equipment for airfields. Most likely, this amount will increase significantly during the investigation.
The enrichment scheme was quite simple, the criminals received money from businessmen by inflating prices for the equipment supplied under government contracts. In addition to Gamayunov, the criminal group included employees of the state procurement department and the main department aviation The Russian National Guard, as well as the businessmen themselves.
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