The prosecution requested 20 years for the former head of the security service of the "Pokrovsky" holding.

The prosecutor requested to sentence the former head of the security service of the agricultural holding "Pokrovsky", Sergey Yechkalov, to 20 years in prison. According to the investigation, he participated in the seizure of the assets of the agricultural complex "Kushchevsky". The defense demands the acquittal of the defendant.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", at the end of 2022, law enforcement detained in Rostov-on-Don the head of the security service of the "Pokrovsky" holding, Sergey Yechkalov, who was wanted after the arrest of the top managers of the holding. The court in Moscow found Yechkalov guilty of extorting property from farmers in the Krasnodar and Rostov regions and coercing them to give false testimony and sentenced him to 16 years in prison.

The prosecution requested 20 years in a penal colony for the former head of the security service of the agricultural holding "Pokrovsky", Sergey Yechkalov. According to the investigation, Yechkalov, a retired FSB colonel, was part of a criminal community (OC) created by the beneficiaries of the holding, Andrey Korovayko and Arkady Chebanov, and participated in the seizure of the assets of the agricultural complex "Kushchevsky". The damage is estimated at about 1.8 billion rubles. The defendant does not admit his guilt, reports "Kommersant".

As part of the case regarding the attempted raider seizure of the agricultural complex "Kushchevsky", which is being considered by the Preobrazhensky District Court of Moscow, in addition to Yechkalov, the former director of the agricultural company "Impulse" (which was part of the "Pokrovsky" holding) Igor Bobritsky, the deputy director of the agricultural complex "Kushchevsky" Alexander Glazyrin, the deputy director of the company "Kubanagro-2010" Elena Harkusha, and entrepreneur Gennady Rodionov are also on trial. Depending on each person's role, they are accused of participating in the OC (Article 210 of the Criminal Code), large-scale fraud (Part 4 of Article 159), embezzlement (Part 4 of Article 160), knowingly false denunciation (Article 306), falsification of testimony (Article 307), and coercion to give false testimony (Article 309).

12:54 19.02.2020

Property linked to the Tsapok gang businessman arrested

The court imposed a freeze on the real estate of entrepreneur Fedor Streltsov in Kuban and Rostov, who, according to the investigation, controlled the assets of the "Kushchevskaya" group.

The criminal case was initiated in the fall of 2021 by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the North Caucasian Federal District. The sister of the owner of the agricultural complex "Kushchevsky", Fedor Streltsov, Larisa Prikhodko, appealed to law enforcement. Fedor Streltsov himself was charged in 2018 with a number of serious economic crimes and fled to Ukraine.

According to the investigation, from 2016 to 2021, a criminal community created by the beneficiary of "Pokrovsky", Andrey Korovayko, and his business partner Arkady Chebanov operated in the Rostov region and Krasnodar Krai. Its goal was to seize the assets of the agricultural complex "Kushchevsky" worth more than 1 billion rubles. Sergey Yechkalov, law enforcement believes, was responsible for the power block in the OC.

According to the case materials, the criminals extorted 600 million rubles or 100% of the share in the company from Fedor Streltsov, threatening physical harm and criminal prosecution of his relatives. Elena Harkusha, according to the investigation, filed a fictitious lawsuit against Fedor Streltsov for more than 33 million rubles at the direction of Sergey Yechkalov, which allowed initiating the bankruptcy of the enterprise. Also, OC members illegally transferred the harvest of the agricultural complex worth more than 138 million rubles to their controlled JSC "Mayak" under a fictitious contract through the controlled manager Alexander Glazyrin.

Yechkalov, according to the investigation, coerced employees of the enterprise to give false testimony against Fedor Streltsov, and Alexander Glazyrin filed a false denunciation against the owner of the agricultural complex and his wife. Thus, OC members established control over the bankruptcy procedure. However, as stated in the indictment, they were unable to carry out their plan to fully seize his assets, as their criminal activities were interrupted by law enforcement. The damage caused by the defendants is estimated at about 1.8 billion rubles.

During the debates, the representative of the prosecution requested to impose a sentence of 20 years in a strict regime colony on Sergey Yechkalov, taking into account the previous sentence, as well as a fine of 5 million rubles. For the other defendants, sentences ranging from 6 to 16 years were requested.

20:55 05.11.2021

The atmosphere of fear remains in Kushchevskaya years after the trial of the Tsapok gang

Relatives of the victims on the 11th anniversary of the tragedy in the stanitsa of Kushchevskaya honored their memory, reported a relative of the victim in the "Kushchevskaya massacre", businessman Server Ametov. In place of the Tsapoks, the "Pokrovsky" holding came to the Kushchevsky district, which kept the stanitsa in fear for several years, noted journalist Evgeny Mikhailov.

Sergey Yechkalov's lawyer stated in court that the victim's statement in the case is absent, and his signature is forged. According to her, Sergey Yechkalov had no selfish motive (he only received a salary), did not participate in meetings where assets were extorted, and the harvest was collected based on court orders. The defense also noted that, according to the previous sentence, Sergey Yechkalov was recognized as a participant in a criminal group since 2019, not a criminal community since 2016, as the prosecution claims now. At the end of 2022, the bankruptcy procedure of "Kushchevsky" was terminated by the Arbitration Court of Krasnodar Krai, and at present, the enterprise is fully operational. Based on the arguments presented, the lawyer demanded to return the case to the prosecutor or acquit her client, as stated in the publication.