The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the South-Western Administrative District of Moscow opened criminal case No. 11902…

The Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the South-Western Administrative District of Moscow opened a criminal case No. 11902450035000078 under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, regarding the theft of funds from Optima Group of Companies LLC in the amount of about 2.3 billion rubles.

The applicant was Gazprombank, which was also recognized as a victim in the criminal case.

GPB, through its subsidiary Nagelfar Trade & Invest Limited, acquired in 2012. for $45 million 35% of the shares of the authorized capital of AEACUS Holding Limited (Cyprus), which is the registered shareholder of the entire OPTIMA group of companies.

Then the beneficiaries of the OPTIMA companies V.M. Shandalov, A.V. Shandalov, P.L. Kiselev and other persons, through JSC Frontek and LLC TK ELECTRO, controlled by them, stole funds received from GAZPROMBANK.

Subsequently, the OPTIMA group of companies went bankrupt with a total loss for clients, contractors and GAZPROMBANK of more than 8 billion rubles.

Shandalov V.M. and Shandalov A.V. hid in Austria, of which they are citizens, leaving their partner P.L. Kiselev in Russia.

The Shandalovs are being protected from criminal prosecution by Quorum Debt Management, a well-known raiding group of Artem Zuev and Zoya Galeeva, which has significant corruption connections in law enforcement agencies.