MOSCOW, August 15 (RAPSI, Diana Gutsul) – Investigators have forwarded a criminal case against former head of the “Mostovik” construction firm, Oleg Shishov, charged with 500 million rubles tax evasion ($7.8 mln), to court, RAPSI learned from the Investigative Committee on Monday.

According to investigators, in 2009-2011 Shishov forged financial documents and tax declarations of Mostovik, falsely reporting completion of construction works in Vladivostok and other cities by side contractors. Investigators claim that these contractors did not do any works and the projects were completed by employees of “Mostovik” itself. As a result, investigators believe that Shishov evaded paying over 478 million rubles ($7.4 mln) in taxes.

Additionally investigators allege that Shishov embezzled 526 million rubles ($8.2 mln) received as advance payment for construction of the Omsk ring road.

Shishov fully admitted his guilt and requested his case to be reviewed under special procedure. 

On March 21 Shishov was sentenced to three years in a penal company for complicity in embezzlement of entrusted property. Investigators alleged that he helped executive of the government company “Direction on construction management in the Far Eastern Federal District”, Andrei Poplavsky, to embezzle more than one billion rubles ($14.2 million) allocated for the construction of the Primorye Oceanarium.

Shishov made a pre-trial agreement on cooperation and testified against Poplavsky.