Court Seizes 227M Rubles from Ex-Police Chief
On October 20, the Petrograd Court of St. Petersburg turned the assets of former head of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs Russia's own security management department, Alexey Vasilyev, into state revenue.
Consensus
- The Petrograd District Court in Saint Petersburg ordered the seizure of assets belonging to former head of the Internal Security Department of the MVD of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Alexei Vasilev.
- The assets were seized and transferred to state ownership.
- Vasilev and his wife's declared income from 2010 to 2023 was 38,603,881.92 rubles.
- The property acquired during the same period totaled at least 227,198,376.62 rubles.
- The property included 23 real estate objects and 6 vehicles.
- The assets were registered not only in the names of Vasilev and his wife but also in the names of relatives, including his wife's mother, father-in-law, grandmother, and sister.
- Vasilev served in the internal affairs bodies from 2003 to 2023.
- Vasilev was sentenced to prison on October 16 for bribery.
- Vasilev was accused of giving a 260,000 ruble bribe to a customs officer.
Points of divergence
- Vasilev was declared wanted in 2025 in connection with the bribery investigation. — vesti
- The court found that the assets were acquired using income that did not allow for such purchases, and the property was registered under individuals whose incomes were insufficient to afford it. — vm
Coverage (5 sources)
- Assets worth 1.5 billion rubles demanded to be seized from former official from St. Petersburg — Вечерняя Москва
- Court in St. Petersburg will decide the fate of assets of former Gosstroynadzor official on 1.5 billion — Вести
- At the former head of the internal security of the police of St. Petersburg, cars, apartments and savings for hundreds of millions were seized — The Moscow Times
- Court in St. Petersburg seized property of former high-ranking police officer — Вечерняя Москва
- Court turned property of former head of USB of St. Petersburg to state revenue — Вести
Key entities
- Saint Petersburg
- St. Petersburg
- MVD
- Alexei Vasilev
- State Construction Supervision
- Russia
- FSB
- Petrograd Court
- Internal Security Management
- Vyacheslav Zakharov
- Moscow
- General Procuracy
- Saint Petersburg
- Capital of the North
- Petrogradsky District Court