Shepelev Aleksandr Aleksandrovich - Ukrainian politician, member of the Fatherland party. Known for a number of frauds associated with the theft of banks. Today is on the run. But even so, he is one of the most successful swindlers in Ukraine, who managed to steal more than 300 million hryvnias from the people.
Alexander Shepelev: biography
Alexander Alexandrovich Shepelev was born in Donetsk on July 4, 1970. All his childhood passed in this city. Higher economic education. Prior to joining the party, he did not have an official job.
In April 2006, breaks into the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from the political forces "Fatherland". At the next parliamentary elections held in 2007, receives an official victory in the multi-member state district from the bloc of Yulia Tymoshenko.
In March 2011, transferred to the warring faction "Party of Regions." But a year later she throws her. In the next election he is trying to go through a single-mandate constituency, but in the end does not gain 1% of the vote.
In July 2013, Alexander Shepelev was put on the international wanted list under Art. 191 h. 5 (plunder of state funds on an especially large scale). Soon arrested by Interpol and deported to Ukraine. In July 2014, makes a successful escape to Russia, where he is today.
First capital
To begin with, Alexander Shepelev initially had a good "platform" to start. His stepfather, Vladimir Kuznetsov, served as the head of the Office for Combating Organized Crime. In common people he was called the “street thunderstorm”, since both yard gopniks and local businessmen were afraid of contacting him. Returning to the past, it should be noted that Rinat Akhmetov began to "increase" his capital just under the reliable cover of Vladimir Kuznetsov.
Naturally, the money and influence of the stepfather helped Alexander Shepelev to quickly get on his feet. Together with his bosom friend Pavel Borulko in the early 90's, he organized a conversion syndicate. Simply put, they began to launder money for various financial institutions. It turned out from them masterfully. Therefore, the number of people wishing to use their services every day only increased.
Thus, by the 2000s, friends made a decent fortune. However, they did not want to stop there.
In bloody footprints
It's pretty hard to track down all the scams that these guys turned in the 90s. Firstly, they acted very carefully. Secondly, they were assisted by some law enforcement officers. Therefore, under the official sight of investigators, friends only got in the summer of 2003.
Blame it was Pavel Borulko. In early 2003, a serious conflict arose between him and the chairman of AvtoKrazBank Sergey Kirichenko. Former partners could not divide between themselves $ 2 million. Soon, unknown killed Kirichenko at the entrance of his own house. All circumstantial evidence indicated Borulko’s involvement in the murder, but they weren’t enough to convict.
In 2005, Pavel appeared in the next criminal case. This time, everything revolves around the mysterious death of the owner of Intercontinentbank Igor Pluzhnikov. After the death of an entrepreneur, his brainchild was on the verge of bankruptcy. Three other banks took custody of him, one of them, by the way, was managed by Alexander Shepelev.
As a result, Intercontinentbank was completely stolen. Deceived investors tried to return their money through the court, but this did not bring a positive result. Since the guarantor banks reliably covered their rear, covering debt to the state with illiquid securities. Naturally, everyone knew who was behind all these scams, but the lack of evidence allowed them to evade justice with impunity.
Moving to the capital
In 2005, Shepelev decided to expand his sphere of influence and opened a branch of his bank Doncreditinvest in Kiev. In the early stages of construction, the entrepreneur encountered a number of problems. He could not solve them without the intervention of the capital's elite. Therefore, without a twinge of conscience, he bribes a certain Mykola Suprun, the head of the economic unit of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Then everything goes according to the prepared template. In the center of Kiev, he is given a comfortable room, previously owned by the Ukraine Bank. Personnel are hired, assets are created, and after a few months, the financial institution opens the door for everyone. At the same time, unfortunate bankers are not at all concerned about the fact that they illegally seized part of the residential yard along with a playground.
Alexander Shepelev - deputy
The case of his own bank opened Shepelev's eyes. He realized that without the necessary connections and influence, it is simply impossible to survive in the capital. Therefore, the banker decides to take a radical step - to go into politics. The only problem was that the next election was to be held only in 2007.
However, there was a way out. For a little material support, in the amount of $ 10 million, the Fatherland party gladly accepted a new member. And in 2006, the political world learns that Alexander Shepelev is Tymoshenko’s ally. Then the deputy was introduced as an honest man who wholeheartedly and for the development of Ukraine.
In practice, Shepelev used the deputy power only for mercenary purposes. He was not expelled from the party just because he was doing dirty work for her. For example, he skillfully disguised the accounts of deputies, laundered money and solved technical issues. Moreover, in 2007, he still went to parliament in a multi-member district.
First failure
Due to a small conflict with the opposition, in 2006 Alexander Shepelev fell out of favor with influential people. Soon his biography begins to be checked by law enforcement agencies. This leads to the fact that the facts that are unpleasant for the politician come up.
In particular, the case related to fraud at Doncreditinvest is gaining special resonance. At first, Shepelev wanted to bribe the investigation, but the employee of the Organized Crime Control Department Roman Erokhin got in his way. He basically does not take money from a corrupt deputy, for which he pays his own life.
As for Alexander Shepelev, he again comes out of the water dry. Despite the fact that all the perpetrators of the murder of the policeman were caught, the case did not move off the ground.
The main mistake is politics
In 2008, Alexander Shepelev launches a new scam. More precisely, everything happens according to the old scenario, but with another financial organization called Rodovid Bank. As before, the owner of the bank gets into trouble, after which the institution is on the verge of collapse. In order to protect the investments of investors, the state appoints a new leadership, headed by none other than Alexander Shepelev.
But as before, nobody was going to save the “sinking ship”. Having pumped out all the assets from it, the rescue team decided to leave quietly. However, a puncture occurred. The main witness in this case survived an unsuccessful attempt and decided to testify. After that, a slow but irrevocable trial of all those guilty began.
Flight of the deputy
To unravel the tangled ball of fraud on the Rodovid Bank was possible only in March 2013. Then it became clear to everyone that the brain of the whole scam was Alexander Shepelev. The photo, now a criminal, is transferred to Interpol. After all, as it turned out, the politician was very smart and escaped from the country before signing the warrant.
In June of the same year, the international police arrested Alexander Shepelev in Hungary. On the same day he is deported to his homeland. However, not even a month had passed before the former politician arranged his own escape from the hospital. After that, he disappears into the vast expanses of Russia. We found it only in the spring of 2015.
Today, Alexander Shepelev is under the supervision of Russian law enforcement agencies. At home, he is charged with charges of contract killings, attempted murders, as well as embezzlement of state funds on an especially large scale.