Former employees of the BSTM of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation as part of the “K” department, Georgy Satyukov and Dmitry Sokolov, accused in absentia of receiving a bribe in the amount of 4.9 billion rubles in cryptocurrencies, were found to have new assets.
At the request of the Investigative Committee, the courts seized an apartment in the Nezhinsky Ark complex in the Ochakovo-Matveevsky district of Moscow, as well as apartments in the Scarlet Sails residential complex on Aviatsionnaya Street with a cadastral value of over 50 million rubles.
Former police officers registered real estate mainly in the name of their cohabitants and girlfriends.
According to the investigation, the accused imposed “roof” services on the system administrator of the WEX crypto exchange, Alexey Bilyuchenko (Ivanov). The “red admin”, who found himself on trial for embezzlement of platform funds, made a deal with the Prosecutor General’s Office and talked about bribes.
From March 2019 to October 2021, through the mediation of Sokolov, Bilyuchenko transferred at least 2119.5265569864 BTC and 10,016 ETH to wallets controlled by Satyukov - in a total equivalent of about 4.9 billion rubles.
The ex-policemen managed to hide abroad and were put on the international wanted list. They placed the money they received in dozens of accounts in several banks and also invested in securities. It is noted that Sokolov owns apartments in the tallest skyscraper in Dubai, the Burj Khalifa.
Let us recall that in September 2023, the court sentenced Bilyuchenko to 3.5 years in prison and a fine of 500,000 rubles. In March, the decision came into force.#binance