Zingarevich Anton Borisovich

Zingarevich Anton Borisovich

Biography

Anton Zingarevich is the Russian entrepreneur, the founder of developer company of mobile applications of Zyla Networks, the vice president of Ener1 company releasing lithium-ion batteries for cars. Owner of "Energostroyinvest-holding" (ESIH).

Anton is a son of Boris Zingarevich, the co-owner the Ilim Group, the former business partner of Dmitry Medvedev.

Training in Britain and work in the USA

• Studied in Great Britain in Cass Business School at City University London as the sports manager and practiced in Fortress Sports Fund investment fund.

• Has degree of the bachelor of Regents Business School.

• Is engaged in business development in the American company Ener1 manufacturing lithium-ion batteries for cars. Anton's father - Boris Zingarevich - is included into Board of Directors of Ener1.

• Together with friends Egor Lavrov and Dmitry Altukhov based Zyla Networks startup developing popular mobile application of Friends Around in the USA.

2009: A marriage on the model Domankova

In 2008-2009 worked in the Karma World company which is engaged in mobile application development. Was her cofounder.

In 2009 Anton Zingarevich (on a photo - on the right) married the model Ekaterina Domankova (on a photo - in the center).

In 2009 Anton Zingarevich married the model Ekaterina Domankova. In an interview to Komsomolskaya Pravda Ekaterina told about the acquaintance to Anton:

– Anton saw my photos, and asked the friend that he acquainted us. We began to communicate in Odnoklassniki, and then met in New York (I then lived in New York, and it – in Miami). At first communicated in the company of friends, and several days later went with two of them to club, and spoke a lot of time. After that I called mother and told: "Mothers, I, probably, will marry him!" Mother, of course, thought that it is frivolous. I was 19 years old, and you never know I spin after night club (laughs). But I felt at once that it is my person. Anton is 27 years old, he is from St. Petersburg, is engaged in business.

2012: Purchase of the English Reading Football Club

At the end of January, 2012 it became known that Anton Zingarevich acquired a controlling stake (51%) of the English Reading Football Club for 25 million pounds. The transaction is performed through Thames Sports Investment (TSI) investment company under control of Zingarevich and was complete by March when the Football league finished all necessary checks.

It is interesting that else in 2004 in British and after this also a Russian press messages about possible acquisition by the Russian businessman of the Liverpool command appeared. Then this information was resolutely denied by his father Boris Zingarevich:

"I did not gather and I am not going to make investments in the British soccer, and my son just has no such money", – Kommersant quoted Boris Zingarevich.

Anton Zingarevich and president of Reading club John Madeyski

2013: Purchase of hockey club "Atlant"

In the middle of April, 2013 it became known that the famous Russian businessman Anton Zingarevich should become the new owner of the hockey club "Atlant" acting in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in the nearest future, reported to the R-Sport agency the source close to a situation.

The tripartite negotiations between Atlas, the government of the Moscow region and Anton Zingarevich continuing within the last three months are close to end. In the nearest future all official papers will be signed, reported a source.

The Ministry of Sport of Moscow area in 2012 adopted the program which purpose is search of private sponsors for professional clubs of the region^[1].

2014

Sales plans of Reading club for 1 pound

In May, 2014 it became known that Anton Zingarevich owning the British Reading Football Club is ready to sell club for 1 pound sterling, The Reading Chronicle reports.

The buyer will have to undertake obligations for payment of all debts of club which make about 38 million pounds. Two billionaires — Israeli Teddie Sagi and the Indian entrepreneur Mokhit Boorman apply for purchase of a team which the Russian forward Pavel Pogrebnyak supports.

Reading at Zingarevich could not keep in the English premier league, and then could not return to a division of the strongest.

Exit from Board of Directors of Reading F.C.

Anton Zingarevich left Board of Directors of Reading Football Club in June, 2014, reported BBC News. At this time Zingarevich was the largest shareholder of Reading (51%). The president of club John Madeyski owns 49% of stocks.

Sale of Reading F.C.

In September, 2014 it became known that the English football club Reading which controlling shareholder was the Russian businessman Anton Zingarevich was redeemed by group of three businessmen of Thailand, BBC reports.

According to BBC, the Thai businessmen redeemed 100% of shares of club in a proportion of 50, 25 and 25% to everyone. Zingarevich in FC Reading possessed a controlling stake - 51% of stocks. The president of club John Madeyski was the owner of other 49% of stocks. Despite sale of the share, Madeyski will remain in club and will become the cochairman of Board of Directors on an equal basis with one of new owners of club. Transaction amount is not called.

Madeyski reported to BBC that FC Reading are necessary for investment in the amount of 50 million pounds, also reported that new owners "undertook considerable amount of debt".

2016

Criminal case about plunder of borrowing facilities

The investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation brought on July 5, 2016 criminal case concerning the owner of Energostroyinvest-holding Group (ESIH) Anton Zingarevich, the son of the former board member of Rosseti and the co-owner of the Ilim group Boris Zingarevich, Kommersant^[2] writes ^[3].

He is suspected of plunder of 1 billion rubles at MTS bank. As reported, Zigarevich spent a part of this amount for the maintenance of hockey club, and — brought another abroad.

According to the investigation, the head of the Engineering center "Energo" and the CEO of ESIH Konstantin Shishkin in 2013 applied to MTS-bank for the loan for 1 billion rubles for the purpose of replenishment of current assets of ITs "Energo". ESIH and other companies entering into Zingarevich's holding acted as guarantors.

As it became clear, the management of holding provided to bank false information on the companies and were not going to use means for designated purpose. Having obtained the credit, Zingarevich paid off the debt to St. Petersburg bank, provided the maintenance of hockey club "Atlant", purchased the bill of exchange Enonoline Overseas and displaid the remained means abroad then ceased to pay percent on the credit. When in October, 2014 the bank demanded to pay off a debt, it refused to make it, and in January, 2015 ITs "Energo" was declared bankrupt. As a result of illegal acts the damage in the amount of 1 billion rubles was caused to bank, follows from the evidence.

The declaration in search and arrest in absentia

In August, 2016 Anton Zingarevich was put on the federal wanted list on a charge of plunder 2.5 billion rubles at Globex bank and MTS bank^[4].

It was reported that Zingarevich will be in absentia arrested and put on the international wanted list through the Interpol in the nearest future.

According to sources of Kommersant, the businessman is in the USA with which at Russia the extradition treaty of defendants and suspects is not signed.

On August 3, 2016 Tverskoy district court of Moscow in absentia arrested Anton Zingarevich. The court agreed with arguments of investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Proving the petition, the investigator Konstantin Abramenkov explained to court that the owner of ESIH, "authentically knowing about implementation concerning it criminal prosecution", ignores investigation calls, disappeared abroad and, according to operational information, lives in the USA now. According to the newspaper, at Anton Zingarevich the residence permit in this country with which Russia has no contractual relations about extradition of the accused is issued.

At the same time, the investigator emphasized, the businessman is accused of commission of crime according to Part 4 of Article 159.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud in the field of crediting in especially large size), namely in plunder of the credit of 1 billion rubles obtained in MTS Bank which had to go for replenishment of current assets of one of ESIH companies. Besides, plunder of the credits for the amount of 1.5 billion rubles which the Globex bank allocated ESIH on construction of power substation in the Bryansk region is incriminated to him.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, being at large, the defendant can "take measures to concealment of the assets belonging to it" or will try to obtain citizenship of the foreign state, calculating thus, to avoid criminal prosecution in Russia.

In turn, Anton Zingarevich's protection tried to convince court that outputs of the investigator are unfounded. According to lawyers, their principal does not disappear from the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the USA, and is in this country on treatment. It is illegal to choose to it a measure of restraint in the form of arrest, they as the crime charged to the businessman belongs to the sphere of business activity that excludes his arrest consider. But the investigator swept aside this argument:

"The intention of the defendant was directed to wrongful non-paid taking of someone else's property, but not to implementation of business activity".

Participation of Zingarevich in plunder of borrowing facilities, according to the investigation, "is confirmed by testimonies of witnesses and victims".

In spite of the fact that arrest in absentia of Anton Zingarevich was opposed also by the employee of the bank Globex with which representatives of the defendant signed the settlement agreement (the episode connected with this bank remains in criminal case), Tverskoy district court chose this measure of restraint for Zingarevich. Now the businessman who is already put by the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the international wanted list should be included also in investigation base of the Interpol.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs completed legal investigation

In December, 2016 it became known that the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation completed investigation of criminal case concerning the CEO of Energostroyinvest-holding Group (ESIH) Konstantin Shishkin to whom plunder of the credits of 2.5 billion rubles at Globex bank and MTS of Bank is incriminated. The organizer of frauds the investigation believes the owner of ESIH Anton Zingarevich, however it is unavailable to investigation, Kommersant wrote.

Shishkin who on a charge of fraud in the field of crediting in especially large size (Part 4 of Article 159.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) is under house arrest does not admit the guilt. The businessman's lawyer already began to get acquainted with the investigation results occupying 83 volumes.

The investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs believes that Shishkin acted as the contractor of fraudulent schemes, and the expected organizer of plunders was Zingarevich. Similar charge, but in absentia as Zingarevich is wanted is brought to him. According to protection of the businessman, that does not abscond over the ocean, and takes a course of long-term treatment in the USA.

According to the investigators, Zingarevich and Shishkin committed the crimes incriminated to them in 2013. Then practically at the same time Zingarevich's company borrowed money at child structure of VEB state corporation of Globex bank for the amount of 1.5 billion rubles. By this time ESIH was the largest Russian builder of trunk substations whose annual order portfolio made about 45 billion rubles, and the state FGC UES of which 85% of contracts were the share was the largest customer of holding.

The company was going to direct 1.5 billion rubles received in Globex to development of project and procurement documentation for construction under the contract with FGC UES of substation Beloberezhskaya in the Bryansk region. At the same time New Engineering Company (NEC) LLC entering into Zingarevich's holding acted as the formal payee, as pledge served stocks of management company of holding — the Cyprian Matias Co Limited and also two design institutes entering into holding: Northwest STC and project center "URALTEP". At the same time, the investigation believed, NEC already had money – before it took the credit for these purposes from Bank of Moscow.

The credit was issued in December, 2013, however in several months the borrower ceased to service it, without having built the station. As it became clear then during investigation, the money received from Globex at first was translated to the supplier of the construction equipment of Setstroykomplekt LLC (SSK), and from there removed to Energostroyinvest-holding then were brought out of structures of holding.

It was reported later that SSK was also connected with Zingarevich and Shishkin and through imaginary delivery money through a chain of firms laying directed to repayment of other credit taken by one more structure of Zingarevich two years earlier in St. Petersburg bank approved the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 2015 Globex sent to NIK the requirement about complete repayment of the loan after the company ceased to pay to bank interests on the credit. In a month of NIK it was declared bankrupt. Globex asked the State Office of Public Prosecutor to check actions of NIK then in October, 2015 proceedings against Shishkin were initiated, and in July, 2016 Zingarevich became the defendant on case.

In case there was one more episode: according to the investigators, "ITs-Energo", the structure of ESIH, took in MTS bank in 2013 the credit which purpose specified replenishment of current assets for settlings with suppliers of the equipment. Actually, the Ministry of Internal Affairs claimed, they were directed to repayment of the former credits and also to a monetary loan of the Blaine Overseas Venture Corp. company registered on the British Virgin Islands. Later "ITs-Energo" it was declared bankrupt.

The episode connected with the gone credit of MTS of Bank appeared in case on July 5, 2016. As stated in investigation materials, Zingarevich, holding a post of the chairman of the board of directors of ESIH and being the actual owner of the company, entered into collusion with Shishkin who according to the developed plan of crime addressed in 2013 to MTS Bank with the request for providing for two years of 1 billion rubles to the engineering center "Energo". Money was allegedly necessary to the company for replenishment of current assets. Both ESIH, and NICKNAME and SSK appearing in the first episode acted as guarantors. However after on December 27, 2013 the bank transferred money to the account of the center, they were directed to other purposes, including debt repayment before St. Petersburg bank and financing of the hockey club "Atlant" from Mytishchi purchased by Zingarevich. At the same time a powerful part of borrowing facilities, believe in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was displaid abroad under the guise of loan granting of offshore Blaine Overseas Venture and also purchase of bills of exchange of little-known Enonoline Overseas Ltd.

With Globex bank Zingarevich signed the settlement agreement, however this circumstance did not influence investigation. According to the edition, negotiations on the settlement agreement went and with the second victim, however appeared at the deadlock.

2017: The shelter in the USA from the international search, the accomplice is sentenced to 4 years

On March 28, 2017 it was announced that the Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation Victor Grin took to court criminal case about embezzlement at Globex bank and MTS of Bank. The corresponding message was published on the website of the State Office of Public Prosecutor.

The indictment on criminal case is approved concerning the CEO of JSC Energostroyinvest-Holding (JSC ESIH) Konstantin Shishkin. Fraud in the field of crediting is incriminated to him.

According to the investigators, during the period from December 25 to December 30, 2013 Shishkin together with the chairman of the board of directors and the actual owner of JSC ESIH Anton Zingarevich and other persons submitted false information on need of replenishment of current assets to Globex bank and MTS Bank. As a result in the specified banks credits to the amount of 1.5 billion and 1 billion rubles respectively were obtained.

In December, 2017 Zamoskvoretsky Court sentenced to four years of colony of Konstantin Shishkin. The organizer of this crime the investigation believes the owner of energoholding Anton Zingarevich who being in the international wanted list, lives in the USA, at the same time due to the lack of the agreement between the countries on mutual issue chances of his extradition are represented minimum.

Zamoskvoretsky Court began consideration of 83 volumes of criminal case of Konstantin Shishkin in April of this year. It is remarkable that the court appointed meetings more than thirty times, however it was succeeded to carry out only two — the others for the different reasons were postponed. Acting in a debate, the state prosecutor asked to sentence the former CEO of JSC Energostroyinvest-holding (ESIH) to six years of colony and a penalty in the amount of 800 thousand rubles. Proving the offered punishment, the prosecutor referred to case papers from which he followed that mister Shishkin already at a design for work in energoholding knew that he enters "the criminal organization" which purpose was plunder of borrowing facilities. In total in ESIH Konstantin Shishkin worked half a year, and all this time, according to the investigators, it performed instructions of the owner of the company Anton Zingarevich whom law enforcement authorities consider the organizer of a multistage system of plunder of borrowing facilities.

Having recognized the defendant guilty of plunder of 2.5 billion rubles and having qualified actions of mister Shishkin as fraud in the field of crediting in especially large size (Article 159.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), the court as a result sentenced the former head of holding to four years of standard regime penal colony. Taking into account two years' house arrest under which there was mister Shishkin in half a year it will be able already to submit the application on parole.

2018: The sentence to Shishkin is cancelled, case is closed

Later half a year after a sentence to Shishkin Moscow City Court, having considered the appeal, cancelled a sentence and returned case to the State Office of Public Prosecutor for elimination of violations. Department lowered it back in Investigative Committee, and in a month case was closed.

2019: The termination of criminal case concerning Zingarevich

On January 28, 2019 the Investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs dismissed criminal case against the former shareholder of the English Reading Football Club and the owner of Energostroyinvest-holding Group (ESIH) Anton Zingarevich and also the CEO of holding Konstantin Shishkin. RBC with reference to the resolution reports about it.

The authenticity of the document was confirmed to the edition by Zingarevich's lawyer Alexey Dobrynin. According to him, protection received the resolution on January 25. Prosecution is stopped on December 28, 2018, follows from the resolution^[5].

Family

• The father is Zingarevich Boris
• The uncle is Zingarevich Mikhail
• The wife is Zingarevich (Domankova) Ekaterina

Contact us

Anton's profile in LinkedIn social network

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