Kommersant learned the details of the lawsuit against the founder of Rolf for almost ₽13 billion – RBC

The lawsuit states that from 2014 to 2016, Rolf transferred 8.9 billion rubles under the guise of dividends. to the accounts of the Petrov family through Panabel Ltd, Delance Ltd and Rolf Motors.

The Prosecutor General’s Office considers the acquisition by Rolf of shares of CJSC Rolf Estate through the Cypriot offshore company Panabel Ltd in 2014 as another episode of the case on the illegal activities of the deputy. The department considers Petrov to be the owner of all three companies.

The investigation considered that the deal was carried out to cover up the withdrawal of 3.9 billion rubles. abroad, and initiated a case under Part 3 of Art. 193.1 of the Criminal Code of Russia “Performing currency transactions to transfer funds in foreign currency or Russian currency to the accounts of non-residents using forged documents.”

Moreover, Petrov provided incomplete information about his property and declared only 75.9 million rubles for 2014-2015. their income and 189.9 million rubles. spouse’s income, added in the Prosecutor General’s Office.

Petrov’s defense denies all charges against him. His lawyer, Alexei Kupriyanov, told Kommersant that he was indeed the guarantor for the loan, but this cannot be considered doing business, since it did not bring Petrov any income.

Kupriyanov also called the transaction to consolidate the assets of the Rolf group absolutely legal. He assured that Petrov was not associated with “Rolf” and its shareholders, being a deputy, and regularly declared his income.

A criminal case on charges of illegal currency transactions and the transfer of funds to non-resident accounts (part 3 of Art. 193.1 of the Criminal Code) was initiated against Petrov and the leaders of Rolf in June 2019. Petrov is now abroad.

At the end of November 2021, the Prosecutor General’s Office filed a lawsuit to recover 12.85 billion rubles. from “Rolf” and Petrov, arresting the dealer’s accounts for this amount. The company previously reported that the seizure of accounts generally did not affect the car dealer’s work.

In addition to Petrov, Anatoly Kairo, a member of the board of directors of the Rolf company, former general director Tatyana Lukovetskaya and the head of Panabel Ltd Georgy Kafkaliya are involved in the case.

All of them, except for Kairo, were arrested in absentia, as they are abroad.
Cairo was placed under house arrest in June 2019, and in August of this year he was replaced by a preventive measure with a ban on certain actions.

In mid-December it became known that the regional car dealer network Klyuchavto, a subsidiary project of the construction company SBSV, founded by businessman Viktor Sergeev in the 1990s, had agreed to purchase Rolf. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, 23% of the management company of the dealer network belong to Sergeev, 10% to his son Anton, 7% to another relative, Lydia Sergeeva, and the rest of the shares are distributed between Vera Barinova (30%), Yuri Storozhev (15.5%) and Elena Krasova (14.5%).