Another criminal case has been initiated against the former deputy governor of the Rostov region, Okunev.

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The former deputy governor of the Rostov region, Vladimir Okunev, who is on the federal wanted list, is accused of exceeding his authority, restricting competition, and legalizing criminal income.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", a criminal case has been initiated against the former deputy governor of the Rostov region, former director of the state unitary enterprise Vladimir Okunev. He is suspected of exceeding his official authority and restricting competition. At the end of December last year, he was arrested in absentia.

A new criminal case has been initiated against the former deputy governor, former minister of transport of the Rostov region, Vladimir Okunev, who is already on the federal wanted list. He is now charged with exceeding his official authority, restricting competition, and legalizing criminal income, writes 1rnd.ru on October 12.

Law enforcement officials believe that Okunev organized fictitious competition in 53 bidding procedures, which allowed him to artificially maintain the cost of contracts totaling 1.947 billion rubles, of which more than 1.9 billion were his illegal income.

It should be noted that the General Prosecutor's Office filed a lawsuit, with the defendants being the former vice-governor of the Rostov region, Vladimir Okunev, his former deputy Svetlana Shapovalova, and their relatives. The agency believes that the officials have been running a shadow bus business for many years. On December 25, a court in Moscow seized property belonging to the former vice-governor of the Rostov region, Vladimir Okunev, and his former deputy Svetlana Shapovalova for the benefit of the state. 36 real estate properties in Moscow and the Rostov region were transferred to the state, including five apartments in elite residential complexes, as well as 25 cargo and premium vehicles worth more than 600 million rubles. In addition, more than 100 million rubles were recovered from Okunev.