Voronezhnefteprodukt

Rosneft is presented at the market of oil products of the Voronezh region by the enterprise of oil products supply Voronezhnefteprodukt.

The company enables the realization of motor fuels at retail through the refueling station own network and to small wholesale consumers from oil depots. Its petrobasic economy consists of 4 oil depots and 7 miniterminals.

2017: Criminal case because of software implementation for a fuel incomplete filling at gas station

In August, 2017 the Left-bank district court of Voronezh sentenced the former CEO of the Voronezhnefteprodukt company presenting Rosneft at the market of oil products of the Voronezh region, Igor Golovashchenko by four years is conditional and to a fine of 1 million rubles^[1]. He was accused of creation, use and distribution of harmful computer programs (Article 273 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), abuse of office and also complicity in assignment or waste.

According to charge, together with the deputies and technical specialists of the company of Golovashchenko developed the scheme of use of the computer program for a systematic incomplete filling of fuel at Voronezhnefteprodukt gas Station. In total, according to the investigation, ten people entered into group. Three deputies of Golovashchenko, its participants, were also put on probations and penalties.

Participants of organized group poured in too little to clients more than 150 thousand liters of gasoline

Law enforcement agencies were established that in the summer of 2012 one of participants of organized group created "source text" of the computer program using which became possible to perform compilation of the malware allowing to erase in the database of data on the technology^[2]. Then software and technical means for reprogramming of fuel and distributing columns of gas station were prepared and tested.

After that participants of organized group, using personnel of the refueling station, during the period from July, 2012 to July, 2014, performed distribution and use of the malware for an incomplete filling on 27 refueling stations Voronezhnefteprodukt. For data exchange of the person, being a part of organized group, used cryptographic means of enciphering of information.

The general incomplete filling using software made more than 150 thousand liters of gasoline. Because of actions of participants of the Voronezhnefteprodukt group lowered profit in 2014 a minimum of 150 million rubles from predicted, including because of blasting the trust level of clients to activity of gas station of the company. Criminal activity also deprived of economic effect of costs of the company for 2013 and 2014 for the amount of 21.18 million rubles directed to increase in sales due to strengthening of the trust level of clients.

Igor Golovashchenko and three of his deputies were delayed in October, 2014, and case came to court in July, 2017^[3].

Earlier, spring of 2017 the Comintern district court of Voronezh pronounced the first three sentences to participants of organized group. The "technical" participants of the scheme condemned to article for distribution and use of harmful computer programs with causing heavy effects as well as top managers, were put on probations and were amnestied.

Frauds with an incomplete filling of fuel are opened at gas stations of Rosneft not for the first time. One of the last criminal cases - software implementation for incomplete fillings in RN-Volgograd branch (read in more detail). Law enforcement agencies announced its investigation in June, 2017.

Earlier, in 2009 and 2013 law enforcement agencies announced investigation of similar cases in Samaranefteprodukt and Saratovnefteprodukt (are a part of Rosneft). Then it was talked of making changes in the equipment which is responsible for work of fuel and distributing columns of gas station, and program changes in control systems of sales and accounting of fuel^[4].

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