Nizamiev Ruslan Faikovich

Biography

2021: Suspicion of embezzlement of 50 million rubles during the supply of equipment to the Ministry of Health

On April 2, 2021, the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Ulyanovsk Region announced the initiation of a criminal case against the Deputy General Director of the Ulyanovsk branch of Rostelecom. He is suspected of committing a crime under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud committed by an organized group on an especially large scale).

The message of the regional department of the TFR does not name the top manager, who, according to the investigation, was involved in fraudulent actions. Interfax, citing an informed source, reports that this is Ruslan Nizamiev.

According to investigators, in the period from 2020 to 2021, the deputy head of the Ulyanovsk branch of Rostelecom, acting as part of a criminal group and using his official position, stole more than 50 million rubles when executing state contracts between the company's branch and the Ministry of Health of the Ulyanovsk Region for the supply of computer and office equipment. It is noted that state contracts for the supply of equipment were concluded under the state program "Development of Healthcare."

The deputy head of the Ulyanovsk branch of Rostelecom Ruslan Nizamiev is suspected of embezzling 50 million rubles in the supply of equipment to the Ministry of Health

As the Ulpressa edition writes with reference to the data of the public procurement website, we can talk about contracts for the supply of computer and office equipment, which, according to the results of open tenders, the Ministry of Health concluded with Rostelecom in July 2020. The total amount amounted to 231.4 million rubles. Two participants with offers identical to a penny were submitted to the contests.

The press service of the Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for the Ulyanovsk Region clarifies that criminal activity was suppressed during joint events of the regional bodies of the Investigative Committee, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB of Russia. By the beginning of April 2021, investigative actions and operational-search measures are being carried out aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the crime committed. The criminal investigation is ongoing.^[1][2]

2022: Sentence - 2 years in prison for supplying computers with counterfeit software to medical institutions

At the end of October 2022, a verdict was passed on the deputy director of the Ulyanovsk branch of Rostelecom in a case of fraud in the supply of computer equipment to medical institutions. The accused received 2 years in prison with serving in a general regime colony.

The investigation established that the 38-year-old co-founder of RegionComService LLC and the 34-year-old deputy top manager of Rostelecom supplied equipment with counterfeit software through a company affiliated with him. Thus, in the period from June 2020 to March 2021, they stole more than 50 million rubles, investigators say.

Rostelecom top manager sentenced to prison term

Contracts for the supply of equipment were concluded under the state program of the Russian Federation "Development of Healthcare." Illegal activities were suppressed during joint events of the regional bodies of the Investigative Committee, the FSB and the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, according to a statement circulated by the investigative department of the RF IC in the region.

The official statement of the Investigative Committee did not disclose the names of the accused. According to the Ulyanovsk media, we are talking about the ex-employee of "Rostelecom" Ruslan Nizamiev and the co-founder of "RegionComService" Anton Merkulov.

According to the Ulpressa portal, in 2020, the regional Ministry of Health announced an auction for the supply of computer and office equipment to 59 medical institutions in the region. The terms of reference stated that the supply of Russian-made equipment was desirable. Anton Merkulov suggested that accomplices buy Chinese equipment and put it through an auction under the guise of a more expensive domestic one. To do this, he came up with a new brand - computer system units "Omega RT-4000" (FJA600).

For persuasiveness, they decided to conclude a state contract through Rostelecom: first, after lobbying by the second convict, manager Ruslan Nizamiev, they entered into an internal contract with Innotek LLC, which was supposed to supply the equipment, and then Rostelecom itself received a state contract with the Ministry of Health, offering the lowest price. As the publication noted, performing the tender, the defendants received Chinese and Filipino equipment, then removed a chip with information about the manufacturing country from the devices, reprogrammed it, and the technical passports were simply printed on a printer.^[3]

Notes