Kopeikin Aleksei

Biography

2025: Arrest in the case of embezzlement of 8 billion rubles

On May 14, 2025, the Central District Court of Chelyabinsk arrested Alexei Kopeikin, head of the small and medium-sized business lending department at Snezhinsky Bank. He is a defendant in a criminal case on billions of dollars in embezzlement of budget funds.

Since the end of 2024, employees of the regional FSB and TFR have been conducting operational measures in the framework of the criminal case at the Snezhinsky bank, co-owned by the former vice-governor of the Chelyabinsk region Igor Serbinov. As noted by RIA Novosti, we are talking about embezzlement of budget funds aimed at supporting large families to repay mortgage loans.

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According to the investigation, Kopeikin was one of the participants in the criminal scheme. The total damage can reach 8 billion rubles. The case was initiated under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation - fraud committed by an organized group or on an especially large scale. Such acts are punishable by imprisonment for up to 10 years with a fine of up to 1 million rubles or in the amount of the convict's salary or other income for a period of up to three years.

If initially there were assumptions that the credit institution profited from 1 billion rubles, now we are talking about much greater frauds - about 8 billion rubles, - said knowledgeable persons.

Law enforcement agencies previously told TASS that top managers and bank employees were searched. Employees of the Investigative Committee and the FSB seized documents at the head office of the credit institution. Individuals were questioned. The law enforcement agencies also noted that the main shareholder of the bank was previously involved in the dubious bankruptcy of a number of key industrial enterprises in the region. In addition, in connection with the embezzlement, the check was initiated by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.^[1]

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