Timchenko Aleksei Vladimirovich

Timchenko Aleksei Vladimirovich

Biography

2024

Ex-general director of the supplier of software "Ant" accused of bribing Alexei Timchenko

On August 24, 2024, the Investigative Committee indicted the former Director General of Ant LLC Sergei Putilin for giving a bribe on an especially large scale. According to investigators, he handed over the illegal remuneration to the head of the Digital Transformation Department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation (FSIN) Alexei Timchenko. Read more here

Detention on charges of taking bribes

On August 20, 2024, the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) announced that the head of its Digital Transformation Department was detained by the security forces. The man is suspected of taking a bribe.

It is said that the detention was carried out by officers of the FSB of Russia together with the Main Directorate of the FSIN's own security. The Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the city of Moscow opened a criminal case under Part 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (receiving a bribe on an especially large scale). It provides for punishment, including in the form of imprisonment for up to 15 years with a fine of up to 70 times the amount of the bribe.

Currently, the employee is detained, investigative actions are being carried out, the issue of choosing a preventive measure is being considered. An official check has been appointed, - says the official statement of the FSIN of August 20, 2024.

The name of the suspect at the time of detention was not disclosed. The FSIN website reports that the department created in 2022 was headed by Colonel of the Internal Service Alexei Timchenko. At the same time, as of August 21, 2024, Colonel of the Internal Service Sergei Lebedev is listed on the FSIN website as the head of the Digital Transformation Department. The main tasks of the division are called:

• Formation and implementation of a unified technical policy in the field of digital transformation and informatization;
• Preparation of draft regulatory legal acts in the field of digital transformation and informatization;
• Organization of optimization of FSIN activities processes;
• Providing a phased transition to domestic software, equipment and a unified development environment;
• Organization of technological independence of information systems and information technology infrastructure from foreign solutions;
• Formation and implementation of a unified policy to ensure information security of information that does not constitute a state secret.^[1]

Arrest on charges of taking a large bribe

On August 21, 2024, the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow arrested Alexei Timchenko, head of the digital transformation department of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). He is suspected of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

According to TASS, referring to information received from knowledgeable persons, we are talking about a bribe in the amount of 2 million rubles when purchasing software and equipment. The same amount of bribe calls the publication "RIA Novosti." The decision of the Zamoskvoretsky District Court of Moscow granted the petition of the preliminary investigation bodies to elect Timchenko a preventive measure in the form of detention.

source = Moscow City Court Press Service

The Kommersant newspaper adds that Timchenko's collection of expensive watches and a Mercedes-Benz car have been seized. It is noted that the suspect was charged with taking a bribe on an especially large scale. He faces up to 15 years in prison.

Telegram-CHK-OGPU channel (included Ministry of Justice Russia in the register), foreign agents referring to the materials of the criminal case, reports that Timchenko received 1.5 million rubles from his friend Sergei Putilin and new smartphones iPhone ones with a total value of about 500 thousand rubles for organizing victories in competitions of certain companies. In particular, contracts for the supply of electronic engineers more than 100 million rubles, means of protection against unauthorized access to information for almost 200 million rubles and computers worth more than 340 million rubles are mentioned. The company LLC and LLC appear in the case 'Modern technology'. "Ant" It is alleged that these contracts were concluded with the Main Center for Engineering and Technical Support and Communications of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, which was subordinate to Timchenko.^[2] of^[3]

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