Golokhvostov Alexey

Biography

2022: Charge of bribes for 20 million rubles during the construction of Putin's residence

As it became known on January 13, 2022, ex-engineering officer FSO Alexei Golokhvostov was accused of bribes at the construction president's residence Russia Vladimir Putin in Novo-Ogarevo.

According to Kommersant, the lieutenant colonel of the special services, who worked as deputy head of the 4th division of the 2nd department of the capital construction department of the engineering and technical support service, at the stage of the investigation issued a confession, but then began to reject his guilt in the crime incriminated to him. According to the defendant's lawyer Vladimir Titov, the confession was made by Golokhvostov under pressure from investigators, despite the fact that the evidence base is weak.

Ex-employee of the FSO engineering and technical support accused of bribes of 20 million rubles during the construction of Putin's residence

Golokhvostov is accused of the fact that from the beginning of February 2015 to November 2016 in Moscow and on the territory of the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region, he, being an official, received a bribe of 20 million rubles from the former director of Stroykplekt Dmitry Torchinsky personally and through an intermediary for committing actions, which were part of his official powers, as well as for facilitating, by virtue of his official position, actions in favor of the bribe-taker. The case file also states that Golokhvostov is accused of receiving money from Petersburg Renaissance LLC.

The TFR got the opportunity to prosecute Golokhvostov thanks to the testimony against him of the ex-director of Stroykplekt Dmitry Torchinsky and his deputy. Being under arrest in the case of especially large embezzlement, they concluded a pre-trial agreement on cooperation and said that they gave bribes to FSO officers, including Golokhvostov.

The total amount of the contract for construction and reconstruction was 5.7 billion rubles, the advance - 2.6 billion rubles. The investigation found that 1.3 billion rubles under fictitious contracts were transferred to the accounts of one-day firms.^[1]

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