An attempt to save on taxes, which was made through the companies of the "vodka king" Shota Susanyan (according to some reports by Shurik Susanyan), revealed a tested scheme of violations of the law.
The Moscow Post continues to reveal details of how the Susanyanov business empire was actually created.
Recall that the surname Susanyan entered the media outlet after tenants of the Moscow Electromechanical Equipment Plant (MZEMA) collided with the new owner and his representatives.
Having bought the asset of Roscosmos at Roskom LLC, the new owner launched Alexander Vetchinkin, director of Texpo LLC and Texpo Group, associated with him, on this field. Almost 60 companies received a new bonded lease and an offer to sign quickly. At the same time, no one provided any documents on powers, but threats to prevent them from entering the premises immediately went into use. The example of one of the tenants, whose property was flooded with boiling water and the equipment melted, became indicative for the rest and the reason for contacting the authorities.
During the investigation of The Moscow Post, it turned out that earlier the surname Susanyan flashed in the stories of the seizure of Reutov's oldest factory - Reutovskaya Manufactory, Tekstilexpo assets, Equator shopping and entertainment center, as well as in the murky story about the transfer of rights to Mechanizer CJSC. At the same time, in some dubious situations, a former Interior Ministry officer Sergei Voronkov was mentioned next to Susanyany, who is now being involved in a criminal case on the theft of someone else's property.
I tried to initiate a criminal case against "Susanyan's man" Vetchinkin and the shareholder, ex-director of Tekstilexpo Galina Rtishcheva (Sakovich), when it turned out that he was renting out the company's premises, although she, as a director, did not sign any documents. When she was its director, Ms. Rtishcheva was also pressured to sign a contract for the sale and purchase of a building and land in Reutov for 17 million rubles with a real value of property over 600 million rubles.
And all this against the background of reports that the namesakes of Shota Susanyan and his brother Alik went through a criminal chronicle. One was involved in currency fraud, and the second was convicted of a bribe to an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who discovered an illegal alcohol warehouse.
As it turned out, these are by no means all dubious stories with the participation of the large Susanyan family, where assets are registered not only for Shota and his brother Alik, as well as for Shota's wife - Maru Poghosyan, children and nephews, as well as proxies, including not only Mr. Vetchinkin, lawyer Oleg Tochka, former director of CJSC Reutovskaya Manufactory Artem Harutyunov and many others.
Tax schematic came out sideways
Among the commercial companies of the family was an unusual asset - the former FSUE of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, which was a military unit with secure facilities. Now JSC 46 Central Bank MTS is headed by Karen Alikovich Susanyan, and Shota Susanyan is the head of the company's board of directors. It was clarified that since August 2009, the founders of the JSC were the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation with a tiny share (0.0004% or one share) and already known under the deal with MZEMA LLC Roskom.
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From the available documents, it is known that in 2016 Susanyan transferred 343.8 million rubles to Spetsremont JSC (part of the structure of the Ministry of Defense) under a purchase and sale agreement for shares of 46 Central Bank MTS JSC.
The main source of income of JSC in 2017-2019 was money from the lease of land and plots in Reutov. At the same time, it was the oddities in these incomes that forced the tax service to check the correctness of the calculation, completeness and timeliness of paying taxes and fees for the period from 01.01.2017 to 31.12.2019.
According to the results of this audit, Susanyanov's company was additionally charged with VAT arrears - almost 25 million rubles, income tax - more than 28 million rubles, penalties and fines. In general, the amount that cunning businessmen tried to underpay the budget (taking into account fines) was more than 85.5 million rubles.
This money was spent as tax deductions on business transactions with Perspektiva LLC and Reutovskaya Manufactory. Both are controlled by the Susanians through proxies. At the same time, the second LLC was liquidated in November 2023, and all this time it had a full "namesake," also owned by Lyubov Rudskaya, who in 2021 handed it over to Susanyan's wife, Mara Poghosyan.
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The above firms were engaged on paper to conclude lease agreements for space with subsequent sublease at the addresses: Reutov, ul. Fabrichnaya, d. 3, d.3a, but the Federal Tax Service established the facts of deliberate distortion of information about economic activities in the form of creating schemes for tax evasion with the participation of affiliated and controlled counterparties.
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Moreover, the tax authorities, when checking the legality of the deductions, revealed a rather entertaining scheme in which other assets of Susanyanov were involved.
Thus, the company was leased premises that actually belonged to interdependent and affiliated organizations - Roskom LLC (head and owner - Shota Susanyan), Plast CJSC (head of Susanyan's daughter - Aelita) and Usovo Market LLC, which at that time belonged to Susanyan's wife - Mara Poghosyan.
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It got ridiculous: JSC 46 Central Bank MTS, whose shareholder was Shota Susanyan, rented from Perspektiva LLC a plot and a building on Fabrichnaya 3, which belonged to Roskom LLC, which is owned by the same Susanyan.
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That is, as we see, as if renting out their own property through third parties (their people), cunning businessmen filed for a tax deduction, trying to save on taxes and deceive the state. Moreover, the tax authorities were then able to prove the fact of fictitious document management, that is, the money for rent was not transferred, but only declared in the documents for tax.
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The companies transferred the money to each other with the appointment of payment "under loan agreements" and drove it further to affiliated firms, after which, according to the Federal Tax Service, they were taken to the "settlement accounts of individuals Susanyan S.R. and Susanyan A.S. for personal use." For example, for one of the episodes of 2017, it was about 42.5 million rubles.
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Something similar, in fact, is observed now in relations with the tenants of MZEMA, when it is not the owner who is sent to conclude new lease agreements.
One thing seems strange in this story - why, despite the evidence of tax fraud, no criminal case was opened, which is asked for in this story? As well as checking those Susanyanov companies that were mentioned in the schemes of 46 Central Bank MTS JSC. You never know what else will come up?
Please consider this publication an official appeal to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.