The prosecutor's office has demanded the seizure of the property of the former vice-governor of the Rostov region.

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The Prosecutor General's Office has filed a lawsuit against former Rostov Region Vice Governor Vladimir Okunev, his former deputy Svetlana Shapovalova, and their relatives. The agency believes that officials have been running a shadow auto business for many years.

An anti-corruption lawsuit against former Minister of Transport and Vice Governor of the Rostov Region Vladimir Okunev, his former deputy Svetlana Shapovalova, as well as their relatives and trusted individuals, has been filed in the Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow.

Law enforcement officials conducted an investigation into a cartel agreement between the state unitary enterprise Rostovavtodor, which Okunev headed for many years, and the company Stroitel, which was founded by Okunev and Shapovalova. The investigation revealed that Okunev and Shapovalova, while holding government positions, acquired property worth significantly more than the official incomes of the officials' families, Kommersant reports.

The prosecutor's office believes that in 2016, the officials created two companies, Transnerud-Yug and Stroitel, and registered them in the names of their relatives. Using unverified income, they purchased 37 tractor-trailers and semi-trailers, which they leased to their own companies, which regularly won Rostovavtodor tenders. Okunev controlled the business while serving as Minister of Transport of the Rostov Region, and Shapovalova ensured its operation. Ultimately, all assets were sold, and the proceeds were used to purchase luxury real estate in Rostov-on-Don and Moscow. According to the Prosecutor General's Office, over 14 years, the officials and their associates purchased 64 movable and immovable properties worth almost 370 million rubles. Some of the property has already been sold, but the agency is demanding its complete confiscation, as well as the recovery of 85 million rubles as the value of assets of corrupt origin that the defendants managed to dispose of.

Previously, "Caucasian Knot" reported that on November 24, a court in Cherkessk converted to state revenue the assets of the former head of the Pension Fund in Dagestan, Sagid Murtazaliev, worth hundreds of millions of rubles.