The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office considered the corrupt actions of its founder Sergei Petrov as the reason for the seizure of shares and interests of the Rolf Group of Companies. In this respect reports “Kommersant”.
The lawsuit states that Petrov was forced to give up his entrepreneurial activities as a State Duma deputy from 2007 to 2016, but while he was a deputy, Petrov continued to own and manage the company. The Prosecutor General’s Office believes that Petrov obtained income for himself and his close relatives, which he hid from the declaration.
Additionally, Petrov managed organizations included in the Group of Companies with the help of Cypriot companies and also continued to participate in Rolf’s management by fictitiously re-registering the business in the name of his son.
At the end of June 2019, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case against the head of the Rolf car dealer Sergei Petrov, the former general director of the car dealer Tatyana Lukovetskaya, director of the Cypriot company Panabel Limited Georgy Kafkalia. As well as Anatoly Kairo. The first three were arrested in absentia and placed on the wanted list, while Kairo was placed under house arrest.
According to investigators, Anatoly Kairo participated in the implementation of a criminal plan organized by Petrov in 2014. Businessmen transferred 4 billion rubles of money they earned from business activities to the accounts of a Cypriot company controlled by Petrov.
Rolf car dealer company was founded in 1991. It provides sales, maintenance, lending and insurance services of new and second-hand automobiles, motorcycles and automobile accessories.
Previously reportedHe said Russian President Putin transferred Rolf’s shares to the interim management of the Federal Property Management Agency.