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On October 14, 2024, the Krasnogorsk City Court of the Moscow Region sentenced current and former top managers of Depo Computers to terms of imprisonment from five to seven years in a general regime penal colony on charges of fraud during deliveries to the Ministry of Defense. The Ministry of Defense's claim for recovery of 367 million rubles was denied.
Terms for top managers
On October 14, 2024, the Krasnogorsk City Court of the Moscow Region sentenced eleven current and former top managers of Depo Computers, according to which they were sentenced to terms of imprisonment from five to seven years in a general regime penal colony.
As Sergey Gruzdev, the lawyer of the defendant Balabanov M.A., told CNews, the charge under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud committed by an organized group or on an especially large scale") is related to deliveries to the Ministry of Defense. The maximum penalty under this article is 10 years' imprisonment and a fine of up to 1 million rubles.
There were eleven defendants in the dock: Irisov A.A., Eskin S.V., Balabanov M.A. (currently Director of Project Business Development at 3Logic Group), Voranovsky A.A., Gorshkov A.A., Koveshnikov M.V., Kochepasov S.A. (currently Director of Business Development at Aquarius), Lebedinets A.V., Orlov A.V., Soloviev A.M., Kurochkin A.V. All defendants received sentences of five to seven years in a general regime penal colony, plus a fine of 500 thousand rubles each. All defendants were taken into custody in the courtroom.
The Ministry of Defense also filed a claim to recover the entire contract amount - 367 million rubles. The claim was rejected, and now this case will be heard separately in a civil court.
As a representative of 3Logic Group reported in response to a CNews request, Maxim Balabanov holds the position of Director of the Project Business Development Department of 3Logic Group. He has been working for the company since 2019, and the past trial is not related to 3Logic Group or Maxim Balabanov's work activity at the company.
Supplies of office equipment of the "wrong system"
The investigation in the case initiated in August 2018 was conducted in relation to the contract of the Ministry of Defense with Antey LLC, concluded in 2016, on the fact of theft of budget funds during the supply of a batch of laptops and USB drives to Antey LLC under a state contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Antey is a subsidiary of Depo Electronics, which operates on the market under the Depo Computers brand. In this case, Depo Computers acted as the supplier to Antey LLC. According to the investigation, during the execution of the contract, the cost was overstated, as well as the conditions for the country of manufacture of one of the equipment items were not met.
One of the first to be arrested in this criminal case was Alexey Irisov, at that time the CEO of Depo Electronics. In 2018, he was taken into custody and, after two months of detention, transferred to house arrest. In July 2022, it became known about the arrest in absentia of Sergey Eskin, the key owner of Depo Electronics, who was put on the international wanted list. However, on September 19, 2022, the decision on his arrest in absentia was canceled.
From the history of Depo Computers
The Depo Computers company was founded in 1995. Its area of activity is the development, production and supply of IT equipment. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, the current legal entity of the company - Depo Electronics LLC - was registered on June 2, 2008 in Krasnogorsk. The main co-founder of the company is Sergey Eskin with a share of 99% and 1% is owned by Alexey Irisov.
Depo Computers' financial indicators have grown sharply after foreign competitors left the Russian market. The company's revenue in 2022 increased by 5 billion rubles, which is almost 100% higher than in 2021.
Terms for top managers
On October 14, 2024, the Krasnogorsk City Court of the Moscow Region sentenced eleven current and former top managers of Depo Computers, according to which they were sentenced to terms of imprisonment from five to seven years in a general regime penal colony.
As Sergey Gruzdev, the lawyer of the defendant Balabanov M.A., told CNews, the charge under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Fraud committed by an organized group or on an especially large scale") is related to deliveries to the Ministry of Defense. The maximum penalty under this article is 10 years' imprisonment and a fine of up to 1 million rubles.
There were eleven defendants in the dock: Irisov A.A., Eskin S.V., Balabanov M.A. (currently Director of Project Business Development at 3Logic Group), Voranovsky A.A., Gorshkov A.A., Koveshnikov M.V., Kochepasov S.A. (currently Director of Business Development at Aquarius), Lebedinets A.V., Orlov A.V., Soloviev A.M., Kurochkin A.V. All defendants received sentences of five to seven years in a general regime penal colony, plus a fine of 500 thousand rubles each. All defendants were taken into custody in the courtroom.
The Ministry of Defense also filed a claim to recover the entire contract amount - 367 million rubles. The claim was rejected, and now this case will be heard separately in a civil court.
As a representative of 3Logic Group reported in response to a CNews request, Maxim Balabanov holds the position of Director of the Project Business Development Department of 3Logic Group. He has been working for the company since 2019, and the past trial is not related to 3Logic Group or Maxim Balabanov's work activity at the company.
Supplies of office equipment of the "wrong system"
The investigation in the case initiated in August 2018 was conducted in relation to the contract of the Ministry of Defense with Antey LLC, concluded in 2016, on the fact of theft of budget funds during the supply of a batch of laptops and USB drives to Antey LLC under a state contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Antey is a subsidiary of Depo Electronics, which operates on the market under the Depo Computers brand. In this case, Depo Computers acted as the supplier to Antey LLC. According to the investigation, during the execution of the contract, the cost was overstated, as well as the conditions for the country of manufacture of one of the equipment items were not met.
One of the first to be arrested in this criminal case was Alexey Irisov, at that time the CEO of Depo Electronics. In 2018, he was taken into custody and, after two months of detention, transferred to house arrest. In July 2022, it became known about the arrest in absentia of Sergey Eskin, the key owner of Depo Electronics, who was put on the international wanted list. However, on September 19, 2022, the decision on his arrest in absentia was canceled.
From the history of Depo Computers
The Depo Computers company was founded in 1995. Its area of activity is the development, production and supply of IT equipment. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, the current legal entity of the company - Depo Electronics LLC - was registered on June 2, 2008 in Krasnogorsk. The main co-founder of the company is Sergey Eskin with a share of 99% and 1% is owned by Alexey Irisov.
Depo Computers' financial indicators have grown sharply after foreign competitors left the Russian market. The company's revenue in 2022 increased by 5 billion rubles, which is almost 100% higher than in 2021.
