Kozhukhov Vitaly

Biography

2024: Sentence - 16 years in prison for laundering 4 billion rubles

In February 2023, the Proletarsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don sentenced Vitaly Kozhukhov, the former manager of the Rostov branch of Transcapitalbank, and his accomplices, who were accused of laundering billions of rubles.

According to TASS, citing a statement by the FSB press service in the Rostov region, 10 members of the organized criminal community (OPS) cashed out, transferred money in transit to the settlement accounts of a commercial organization or individuals to receive a VAT deduction, kept the payer anonymous, reduced the amount of profit, and also laundered money. According to the investigation, Vitaly Kozhukhov, a member of the criminal organization, who at that time was the manager of the Rostov branch of Transcapitalbank, ensured the opening of settlement accounts in the bank and settlements on them.

source = Yandex.Maps

The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation clarifies that Vitaly Kozhukhov oversaw the flow of funds on settlement accounts, using the details of 40 one-day firms, personally certified the "authenticity" of fictitious payment orders. The criminal community operated on the territory of the Rostov region and the Stavropol Territory.

For four years of illegal activity (From 2009 to 2013), more than 4 billion rubles were received from customers to settlement accounts. Members of the OPS used this money to conduct criminal banking operations.

Participants of the OPS were found guilty of committing crimes under Art. 210 ("Organization of a criminal community"), paragraphs "a," "b," part 2 of article 172 ("Illegal banking"), part 2 of article 173.1 ("Illegal formation of a legal entity"), part 4.174.1 "Legalization (laundering) of funds...," part 3 of Art. 186 ("Manufacture, storage, transportation or sale of counterfeit money or securities"), part 2 of article 187 ("Illegal circulation of funds of payments") of the Criminal Code of Russia, and sentenced to imprisonment. Vitaly Kozhukhov was sentenced to 16 years^[1]

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