Court Seizes 200M Rubles, Cars, and Property from Ex-MVD Official
The Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg seized property and funds belonging to former head of the Main Directorate of the Internal Affairs Ministry's regional branch's Own Security Department (USB), Alexey Vasilyev, and turned them over to the Russian Federation, according to the joint press service of the city's courts on Tuesday.
Consensus
- The Petrograd District Court in St. Petersburg seized assets belonging to Alexei Vasilev, former head of the Internal Security Department (USB) of the MVD in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.
- The seized assets included real estate, vehicles, and 171.5 million rubles.
- Vasilev served in the internal affairs bodies from 2003 to 2022.
- The court found that Vasilev and his wife earned a total of 38.6 million rubles between 2010 and 2023, while acquiring 23 real estate objects and six vehicles worth at least 227.1 million rubles.
- The property was registered in the names of Vasilev's wife, her relatives, and other individuals, but the family was the actual beneficiaries.
- Vasilev is wanted by the Investigative Committee of Russia (SKR) in connection with a bribery case (Article 290 of the Criminal Code).
- The assets were transferred to state ownership.
Points of divergence
- Vasilev was a Moscow resident who moved to St. Petersburg in 2019. — fontanka
- Vasilev was dismissed from his position in 2022 following a Moscow-based investigation that led to the removal of other MVD personnel. — fontanka
- The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastykin, personally reviewed online information about Vasilev and ordered the case to be transferred to the Main Investigative Directorate of the SKR. — fontanka
- Vasilev is allegedly involved in organizing illegal residence of migrants in Russia. — fontanka
- Vasilev served as head of the USB regional MVD headquarters from 2019. — interfax
Coverage (2 sources)
- Real estate and vehicles worth 200 million rubles seized from former head of USB of the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in St. Petersburg — Интерфакс
- Real estate, cars, and more than 170 million rubles. Court returned to the state property acquired by former head of the USB Vasilyev — Фонтанка
Key entities
- St. Petersburg
- Alexei Vasilev
- FSB
- MVD
- Moscow
- INTERFAX.RU
- GU
- Russia
- Fontanka
- St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast
- Petrovsky Prospekt
- Petrogradsky District Court
- Petrograd District Court