The former head of the Federal Penitentiary Service arrested on charges of fraud by 3 billion rubles. – RBC

The former head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Alexander Reimer. Archival photo

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The former head of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) Alexander Reimer arrested on charges of fraud in the procurement electronic bracelets worth 3 billion rubles. This was announced by the official representative of the Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin.

Along with Reimer arrested his former deputy Nikolai Krivolapov, director of the Center for Information Technology and Communications (cytosomes) FSIN Victor Definitions and general director of a commercial organization Nikolai Martynov. All of them were charged under h. 4 tbsp. 159 of the Criminal Code (“Fraud»).

According to investigators, in 2010-2012, the defendants “fraudulently stole about 2.7 billion rubles., FSIN allocated from the budget for the department of electronic control systems (electronic bracelets). ” “Purchase of these systems was carried out at prices inflated several times. Thus, the steady-state control device cost 19 thousand. Rubles. was bought for 108 thousand. and mobile instead of the same 19 thousand. – at a price of 128 thousand. rubles. “, – the report says Raman.

Source Interfax in law enforcement agencies reported that Reimer Tuesday was caused by for questioning the Investigation Committee. He was detained in a building TFR, where he voluntarily surrendered for investigation.

Presnensky district court in Moscow today should consider the arrest of defendants in the case, told RBC in court.

Reimer led Federal Penitentiary in August 2009. Decree of the President of June 26, 2012 he was dismissed from his position.

After the resignation of Russia’s Investigative Committee Reimer started checking associated with the purchase of the FPS electronic bracelets cost money. The basis for this was “the materials received from the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia, on the facts discovered during the audit of financial and economic and industrial activity of FSUE” Center for Engineering Logistics and Communications “(cytosomes) FSIN Russia irregularities in the purchase of products of electronic monitoring of controlled entities” told in the TFR. Then the damage was estimated at 1.3 billion rubles.