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IT Crime Departments
2024:5 billion rubles from the administrator of the Wex crypto exchange. Record bribe recorded to an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
On April 16, 2024, it became known that Georgy Satyukov, an employee of the Bureau of Special Technical Measures (BSTM) as part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, is accused of receiving a record bribe for this department. According to investigators, we are talking about an amount of almost 5 billion rubles - this money came from the administrator of one of the cryptocurrency exchanges. Read more here.
2022: The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia has created a department for combating crimes in the IT sphere
In the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, an Office was created to organize the fight against the illegal use of information and communication technologies. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation of September 30, 2022.
The creation of the Office is due to a large number of computer attacks, remote theft of funds, the active development of the illegal digital industry. According to information for September 2022, every fourth crime is committed using information technology, which poses a threat to citizens, law and order and the country's national security and requires the development of adequate countermeasures.
As noted, the Office for the Organization of the Fight against the Illegal Use of Information and Communication Technologies (UBK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia) will become the head unit in the implementation of the functions of the Ministry for Combating Cybercrimes.
Among the main tasks of the Office:
- prevention, detection, suppression and disclosure of crimes and other offenses in the field of IT, as well as coordination of this activity in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia;
- analysis of data contained in information and telecommunication networks in order to identify prohibited content and combat crime;
- organization of interaction of departments of internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation with, by government agencies bodies, state power subjects of the Russian Federation institutions - financiallycredit systems, organizations of the information and communication sphere, other participants in information exchange, including aggregators. big data
According to the official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia Irina Volk, the formation of the UBK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia will be carried out by redistributing the staffing of the internal affairs bodies and will not require the allocation of additional funding. All managers and employees applying for positions in the UBK of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia will undergo professional selection and extraordinary certification.[1]
2021: The state of cyber units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation grew by 70%
The staff of cyber units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia at the end of 2021 increased by 70%. The head of the department, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, announced this on February 17, 2022 during the annual expanded meeting of the board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Based on the peculiarities of the development of the criminal situation, the available personnel resources, the optimization of the structural structure of the internal affairs bodies has continued, - said Kolokoltsev. |
According to him, by mid-February 2022, decisions are being worked out to create a head unit in the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which will coordinate the fight against IT crime.
The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs noted that a certain effect was given by the measures proposed by the department to prevent the most common IT acts - property. By 8% less in 2021, thefts from bank accounts were registered, and by 60% - cases of fraud using electronic means of payment, the minister said.
Technical support has improved, as a result - almost a third more people involved in the commission of such acts have been identified. [The Ministry of Internal Affairs] is extremely interested in creating a single window on the basis of the Bank of Russia for the operational interaction of the ministry with credit and financial institutions, "Kolokoltsev said. |
The Russian authorities pay great attention to the fight against digital crime. So, in 2021, Vladimir Putin at the annual final board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs called on the department to strengthen work in this direction. He pointed out that the number of IT crimes had grown more than tenfold in the previous six years. The President demanded more active prevention in this area, as well as improve the interaction of law enforcement agencies with interested parties - mobile operators, banks, etc.[2]
2020
Cyber Police Plan
On December 18, 2020, TASS announced that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia was organizing a cyber police in its structure, the corresponding decision had already been made by the head of the department, Vladimir Kolokoltsev. This became known from the words of the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Russia Igor Zubov.
We can talk about the phenomenon of influencing the mass consciousness of young people in terms of changing their behavior in a destructive direction. Therefore, this part of the work requires very serious attention. What are we doing for this? We make serious changes directly in our structures. Minister of Internal Affairs Kolokoltsev Vladimir Alexandrovich decided to create a cyber police, this is a matter of more than one day, it will take a lot of time, requires money, equipment, and changes in the qualifications of employees, he said. |
Zubov also noted that in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, the overall crime rate in Russia remained the same, but the number of cybercrimes increased significantly.
During the coronavirus period, our total crime is stable, and crime in the cyber environment has increased sharply. For a number of reasons, this is the impact of the digitalization of society, and the fact that people, being in isolation, have more opportunity on the Internet to draw various knowledge, including the criminal plan, and try themselves in this. And to a certain extent we can say that for a long time we all, our entire society, young people experience the enormous informational pressure of a destructive plan, "he said. |
At the beginning of 2020, it was reported that the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs created units to combat IT crimes. This measure has become necessary, since police investigators are increasingly having to investigate crimes of this kind, the Ministry of Internal Affairs noted[3].
Creation of a group to combat the manipulation of the consciousness of adolescents in social networks
In early September 2020, it became known about the creation in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of a special group designed to identify and suppress attempts to manipulate the consciousness of adolescents using social networks. Read more here.
Cybercrime units appeared in the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
On February 7, 2020, it became known that units to combat cybercrime appeared in the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This measure, according to the ministry, has become necessary since police officers are increasingly having to investigate such illegal acts.
In the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the territorial bodies of the preliminary investigation, specialized units have been created to investigate crimes committed using information and telecommunication technologies, - reports TASS with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. |
The main goals of the creation of such units in the Ministry of Internal Affairs were to increase the effectiveness of preventing and suppressing crimes in the IT sphere, and to improve skills and train the most trained employees to identify, solve and investigate cybercrimes.
According to the department's calculations, in 2019, almost 300 thousand criminally punishable IT crimes were registered. The number of crimes investigated by investigators of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia increased by 62% and exceeded 45.5 thousand.
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the digital revolution has brought not only benefits to the citizens of the country, since the latest information technologies are increasingly being adopted by criminal circles.
According to the ministry, through the use of information technologies in Russia, the following are performed:
- theft of other people's property;
- there is a trade in drugs, weapons, people;
- extremist literature is distributed, new members of terrorist groups are recruited;
- cellular fraud and IP telephony;
- theft and sale of large amounts of personal data.
Attackers have learned to replace the genuine telephone numbers of credit institutions (banks), government services, posing as their employees, thereby deceiving citizens.[4]
2019: Creation of a high-tech crime unit
In early November 2019, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia announced the creation of units specializing in combating crimes related to the use of information technology. New structures will be formed according to the sectoral principle without increasing the staff in the central office of the department and territorial bodies of internal affairs.
Interior Minister Vladimir Kolkoltsev instructed the heads of the operational headquarters, the Investigative Department and the Investigation Organization Department to prepare documents that will determine the organizational structures, powers and functions of the created units. After that, the materials will be sent to the regions.
In addition, the staff of the Bureau of Special Technical Measures of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and their units at the regional level will be significantly increased. The order on changes will be developed by the end of 2019.
Vladimir Kolokoltsev, speaking at a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, noted that criminals are increasingly using new technologies. Among the new threats, the minister noted cases of fraud using cellular communications, as well as IP telephony.
According to Kolkoltsev, in 2018 the number of illegal acts committed using information technology doubled, and in January-September 2019 - by almost 70%.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, by 2019, every seventh crime in Russia is associated with information technology, and their number is only growing, and they relate to almost all areas of criminal activity.
Earlier in 2019, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was instructed to develop a portal for complaints from the population about cybercriminals. The site was supposed to act as an aggregator on which they would be collected and stored in a single system of complaints.[5]
Department of IT, Communications and Information Protection
2024: The property of the family of the ex-employee of the ICT department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was arrested in the case of a bribe of 5 billion rubles
On November 10, 2024, it became known that the Basmanny Court in Moscow arrested the property of the family of Georgy Satyukov, a former employee of the department for combating crimes in the field of information and telecommunication technologies ("K") of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. He is accused of receiving the largest bribe in the history of the department - 5 billion rubles. Read more here.
2021: Appointed Acting Head of Department - Ildar Safiullin
In the summer of 2021 , Ildar Safiullin became Acting Head of the Department of Information Technologies, Communications and Information Protection (DITSiZI) of MVDRossia. Read more here.
2019: Launch of a service for business complaints about the pressure of security officials
In November 2019, a Russia service was launched for business complaints about pressure from law enforcement agencies. The platform "" ЗаБизнес.рф accepts the appeal to,,, and State Office of Public Prosecutor Investigative Committee. MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS FSB More. here
Information technologies in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
Main article Information technologies in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
Management
In 2011-2012 The Department of IT, Communications and Information Protection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was headed by Mikhail Turkin.
In 2012-2015 Alexander Makhonov worked as the head of the department .
In April 2015, Makhonov was promoted to Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, and Sergei Lyashenko was appointed to the post of head of the IT, communications and information protection department . Irina Shapoval is listed as his deputy as of 2015 .
In February 2019, Alexander Balaev became the head of the Department of IT, Communications and Information Protection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Management income
Sergei Lyashenko, appointed head of the IT, communications and information protection department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in April 2015, declared income of about 3 million rubles in 2014. He received these funds while still working as deputy head of the IT department. Over the year, the official's income increased insignificantly: in 2013, he declared about 2.8 million rubles. Lyashenko owns an apartment and a 2011 Mitsubishi Pajero passenger car.
The income of the wife of Sergei Lyashenko in 2014 amounted to 618 thousand rubles. She owns a land plot, an economic extension and a 2013 Suzuki Grand Vitara passenger car.
According to the results of 2014 , Irina Shapoval, Deputy Head of the IT, Communications and Information Protection Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, declared income of 2.1 million rubles. The official's income grew slightly: in 2013, her declared income was 1.9 million rubles. Shapoval owns an apartment and a share in the apartment. Personal vehicles are not listed behind her.
Irina Shapoval's husband earned about 880 thousand rubles in 2014. He owns a land plot and a summer cottage to, as well as a 6,2013 Mazda car.
The income of Alexander Makhonov, who held the post of Chief information officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs last year, and in 2015 received a promotion to deputy minister, for the year amounted to 6.2 million rubles, an increase of 1.8 times. The official owns two land plots and a share in one more, a joint apartment with his wife and a share in another apartment. Makhonov's personal vehicles include a 2013 Audi Q7 and a 2012 Land Rover Range Rover.
The income of Makhonov's wife for the year also increased significantly - from 4 million rubles. up to 7.6 million rubles. She owns an individual apartment and a share in the common apartment with her husband, a land plot and a country house. The wife of the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs does not own vehicles.
Medicine in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
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History
2024: Court arrests 30 accounts of Interior Ministry officers accused of receiving record 5 billion rubles in bribes
The Basmanny Court Moscow seized 30 bank accounts of former employees MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS accused of receiving a record bribe of ₽4,9 billion. This became known in August 2024. More here
2021
Criminal case against the supplier of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the supply of "Russian" PCs
On November 2, 2021, it became known that the already problematic project of supplying 30.3 PERSONAL COMPUTER thousand worth 1.05 billion to the Ministry of Internal Affairs rub was overgrown with a criminal case. About this editorial office CNews told three sources on. According Russian IT market to two of them, the main person involved in the proceedings is the only founder and ex-general director of the supplier company, LLC "." 123 solutions Gregory Blazhko More. here
The case of corruption of the ex-head of pension provision Svetlana Aleshina
In October 2021, investigators completed an investigation into a high-profile criminal case on corruption in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Former head of the pension department of the department Svetlana Aleshina is accused of receiving 40 million rubles through her intermediary husband. bribes and counted on another 325 million for the fact that the ministry insures the life and health of all its 700 thousand employees not in solid insurance companies, but in the Central Insurance Society (CSO) Roman Paleev, who was left without a license shortly after the conclusion of the contract with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The FSB found financial statements about the woman's remuneration during the searches. From each monthly payment to the insurer from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the colonel hoped to receive a kickback - 20 million rubles.
2019: Countries allowed to visit employees
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Notes
- ↑ In the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, an Office was created to organize the fight against the illegal use of information and communication technologies
- ↑ The staff of the cybercrime units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs increased by 70%
- ↑ in its structure a cyber police
- ↑ The Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs created units to combat IT crimes
- ↑ Vladimir Kolokoltsev held a meeting of the board of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia