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The Investigative Committee of Russia has arrested Vladimir Shadrin, Director of Dedicated Communication Networks in the Department of Monitoring and Response to Cyber Threats at Rostelecom, and Anton Menchits, CEO of Compline Soft, on suspicion of embezzling 180 million rubles.
Arrest on suspicion of fraud
The Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia has arrested Vladimir Shadrin, Director of Dedicated Communication Networks in the Department of Monitoring and Response to Cyber Threats at Rostelecom. The company's top manager is suspected of embezzling more than 180 million rubles, which were allocated for the purchase of software licenses.
For the same reason, Anton Menchits, CEO of Compline Soft — Shadrin's alleged accomplice — was arrested. Compline Soft is a system integrator and center of expertise in the field of cybersecurity and information protection. According to Kontur.Fokus, Menchits owns 100% of the company. And its net revenue at the end of 2023 was 133.9 million rubles.
Both petitions were filed with the Basmanny Court of Moscow. As reported by the Interfax agency, their cases will be considered in the near future. At the time of writing, the court has not yet begun to consider the case.
Shadrin and Menchits are charged with fraudulent theft, Article 159, Part 4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The maximum penalty provided for by the article is imprisonment for up to 10 years with a fine of up to 1 million rubles or in the amount of earnings (other income) of the person punished for a period of up to 3 years, or without a fine.
Rostelecom representatives are aware of the situation and, according to them, are actively cooperating with law enforcement agencies. The company refused to disclose other details.
Other cases of contract fraud
In May 2024, the Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested in absentia the former vice-rector for information technology at the Regional Financial and Economic Institute Stanislav Lakhtin, as well as the co-owner of the Digital Expertise company Maxim Aleksandrov. They became defendants in a criminal case on the theft of budget funds during the implementation of a state contract for work in the interests of the FSO special communications service.
In 2018–2019, former employees of the I-Teco company Igor Kolpakov and Andrey Shmitko, as well as the head of the Moscow State Budgetary Institution Information City Oleg Filimonov stole money under a state contract for sending SMS messages to users of socially significant services. To do this, they artificially inflated the initial price of the contract and ensured that tenders were held in the absence of competitors and inflated indicators in the reports. The Investigative Committee estimated the damage at 397 million rubles.
Arrest on suspicion of fraud
The Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia has arrested Vladimir Shadrin, Director of Dedicated Communication Networks in the Department of Monitoring and Response to Cyber Threats at Rostelecom. The company's top manager is suspected of embezzling more than 180 million rubles, which were allocated for the purchase of software licenses.
For the same reason, Anton Menchits, CEO of Compline Soft — Shadrin's alleged accomplice — was arrested. Compline Soft is a system integrator and center of expertise in the field of cybersecurity and information protection. According to Kontur.Fokus, Menchits owns 100% of the company. And its net revenue at the end of 2023 was 133.9 million rubles.
Both petitions were filed with the Basmanny Court of Moscow. As reported by the Interfax agency, their cases will be considered in the near future. At the time of writing, the court has not yet begun to consider the case.
Shadrin and Menchits are charged with fraudulent theft, Article 159, Part 4 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The maximum penalty provided for by the article is imprisonment for up to 10 years with a fine of up to 1 million rubles or in the amount of earnings (other income) of the person punished for a period of up to 3 years, or without a fine.
Rostelecom representatives are aware of the situation and, according to them, are actively cooperating with law enforcement agencies. The company refused to disclose other details.
Other cases of contract fraud
In May 2024, the Basmanny Court of Moscow arrested in absentia the former vice-rector for information technology at the Regional Financial and Economic Institute Stanislav Lakhtin, as well as the co-owner of the Digital Expertise company Maxim Aleksandrov. They became defendants in a criminal case on the theft of budget funds during the implementation of a state contract for work in the interests of the FSO special communications service.
In 2018–2019, former employees of the I-Teco company Igor Kolpakov and Andrey Shmitko, as well as the head of the Moscow State Budgetary Institution Information City Oleg Filimonov stole money under a state contract for sending SMS messages to users of socially significant services. To do this, they artificially inflated the initial price of the contract and ensured that tenders were held in the absence of competitors and inflated indicators in the reports. The Investigative Committee estimated the damage at 397 million rubles.
