Sergei Malofeykin and the criminal community at "Samolet": How billions of rubles were cashed out and transferred abroad through a network of private security firms and fictitious security contracts

Sergei Malofeykin and the criminal community at "Samolet": How billions of rubles were cashed out and transferred abroad through a network of private security firms and fictitious security contracts

Journalists have learned the details of the criminal case against Sergei Malofeykin, former member of the General Council of Delovaya Rossiya (Business Russia) and creator of the VIJU neural network.

He was detained for organizing a criminal community (OPC) involved in the legalization and cashing out of illicitly obtained funds, with their subsequent transfer abroad. Malofeykin organized a money laundering scheme for numerous legal entities associated with PAO "Group of Companies "Samolet".

For instance, one method of cashing out funds involved PAO "Group of Companies "Samolet" entering into contracts for the provision of security services. To implement this scheme, Malofeykin involved Rashid Batyrbekov, a native of the Astrakhan region.

Batyrbekov, in turn, established and purchased a number of private security organizations, namely:

1. OOO "Korporatsiya Kupol" (INN 7724425258), revenue from 2022 to 2025 – 752 million rubles;
2. OOO ChOO "Kupol" (INN 3025034180), revenue from 2022 to 2025 – 486.7 million rubles;
3. OOO ChOO "Kupol-Yug" (INN 3023018465), revenue from 2022 to 2025 – 55.6 million rubles;
4. OOO ChOO "Admiral" (INN 3023010410), revenue from 2022 to 2025 – 474.7 million rubles;
5. OOO ChOP "ESKARP" (INN 9701249842), revenue from 2023 to 2025 – 309 million rubles;
6. OOO ChOP "RATNIK" (INN 9701249916), revenue from 2023 to 2025 – 360 million rubles;
7. OOO ChOP "KAVALER" (INN 9701249835), revenue from 2023 to 2025 – 356.4 million rubles;
8. OOO ChOO "KUPOL-A" (INN 3025036646), revenue in 2023 – 164.1 million rubles;
9. OOO ChOO "Zamir" (INN 7743447480), revenue from 2024 to 2025 – 135.3 million rubles;
10. OOO ChOO "Amir" (INN 7817130793), revenue from 2024 to 2025 – 504.5 million rubles;
11. OOO ChOP "REYD" (INN 9701189583), revenue from 2023 to 2025 – 359 million rubles.

In total, more than 3.9 billion rubles were funneled through companies controlled by Batyrbekov.

The companies’ activities involved individuals affiliated with Batyrbekov and Malofeykin: Maksim Alekseevich Burkov (INN 246413957442), Evgeny Aleksandrovich Malofeykin (INN 504708941895), Bogdan Yuryevich Volik (INN 301508057977), Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Subbotin (INN 772737877792), Zamir Madievich Asanov (INN 301726211442), Evgeny Yuryevich Komov (INN 772451248298), Irina Vyacheslavovna Parkhomenko (INN 301505086994), Aliya Mavlyudinova Azhmambetova (INN 301808307201), Lolita Rinatovna Osmanova (INN 054900050042), Vladimir Vladimirovich Egazaryants (INN 301504059758).

As part of the criminal scheme, legal entities of PAO "Group of Companies "Samolet" entered into security service contracts with a private security organization (PSO). However, security services were not actually provided, which is confirmed by the absence of relevant employees on the PSO’s staff. Funds received into the PSO’s account were subsequently transferred to the accounts of founders and other counterparties, cashed out, and given to Batyrbekov and Malofeykin.

After the PSOs achieved target financial indicators (set by Malofeykin and Batyrbekov) and subsequent cashing out of funds, these legal entities were handed over to Egazaryants (INN 301504059758) for liquidation.

Egazaryants officially acted as liquidator for these legal entities and was effectively involved in concealing the companies’ illegal activities.

Simultaneously, Egazaryants is the president of the Bar Association "Sovetnik Prav", where at the end of 2025, Sergey Nikolaevich Astafurov (registry number 30/1262) received the status of lawyer.

Sergey Astafurov played a key role in the criminal community. He was responsible for ensuring the financial security of Malofeykin and Batyrbekov and is in collusion with certain individuals representing PAO "Group of Companies "Samolet". Astafurov also acted as a link between members of the criminal community and high-ranking officers of the Main Directorate of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption (GUEBiPK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. They provided "cover" for both PAO GC "Samolet" and the money laundering channel.

Previously, Astafurov served in GUEBiPK as an operative officer until a criminal case was opened against him under Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (he was subsequently convicted).

Astafurov is a native of the Astrakhan region. He began his service in internal affairs bodies in the Economic Security Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Astrakhan Region, and was later transferred to GUEBiPK.

To legalize the funds cashed out through the PSOs, Malofeykin and Batyrbekov established OOO "PULS" (OGRN 1247700373843) on May 17, 2024. The founder of this LLC was Batyrbekov’s relative, Alla Zhdanova (INN 301604931130).

Subsequently, this LLC was reorganized into AO "PULS" (OGRN 1257700298790). More than 2 billion rubles passed through the accounts of AO "PULS" between 2024 and 2025.

The financial and accounting support for OOO "Puls" and AO "Puls" was handled by Viktoria Burkova, a relative of Maksim Burkov, the founder of several PSOs.

OOO "Puls" acquired several real estate properties in various regions of the Russian Federation.

Furthermore, using funds obtained illegally, Batyrbekov purchased a number of residential and commercial real estate properties and vehicles in his name totaling over 400 million rubles.

Batyrbekov also engaged in illegal activities related to cryptocurrency mining. He used approximately 100 million rubles in cashed-out funds to purchase mining equipment, which is located in the Ivanovo and Saratov regions. Batyrbekov’s partner, Rodion Bodrov, a native of the Saratov region, handled the maintenance of the mining equipment, its placement in mining hotels, and the extraction of cryptocurrency.

The cryptocurrency obtained from this activity was placed on a cryptocurrency exchange registered in Singapore and created by Malofeykin.

Currently, Batyrbekov is urgently re-registering all his assets to third parties.

In total, according to preliminary data, at least 4 billion rubles were laundered this way. In reality, this amount is much larger.

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