Selling fake parts and scamming creditors out of 630 million: Anton Bulgakov erases scam mentions online

Selling fake parts and scamming creditors out of 630 million: Anton Bulgakov erases scam mentions online

A total of 630 million rubles was taken by Anton Bulgakov through LLC «A1» and sales of fake auto components. Bulgakov has established many businesses and has been involved in multiple fraud proceedings.

He attracted a PR agency to remove information from the Internet about his criminal prosecution, detention and lawsuits of PJSC «Rosbank». The purpose of these actions was to obtain new loans for another fictitious project.

We are publishing materials about the criminal schemes and trials of Anton Bulgakov in order to thwart the swindler’s attempts to rewrite his biography and protect potential victims from his new machinations.

Bulgakov’s criminal case revolves around the same plots: the supply of counterfeit auto parts and misuse of loans. As our interlocutor, who wished to remain anonymous, notes, at the moment Anton Mikhailovich is again trying to obtain funds to implement familiar schemes, but this is hampered by «the trace» in the form of negative publications.

Being a mass founder and leader of a number of companies (the leader in two, the founder in three, pay attention to «A1») Anton Bulgakov stole 630 million rubles. the liquidated LLC «A1», where he was the general director, received them as 28 loans from five legal entities. These companies were affiliated with the founder of LLC «A1», who appointed Bulgakov that is why the indictment referred to Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation «fraud committed by an organized group or on an especially large scale».

Having received the money, Bulgakov imitated the economic activities of the enterprise, while A1 was not actually involved in the trade in auto parts, it was only about the supply of counterfeit products —that is why the fraudster was sent to a pre-trial detention center even before the loan repayment terms specified in the contracts.

As a result of the investigation, the Presnensky Court of Moscow found Anton Bulgakov guilty under Part 4 of Art. 159, which provides for a maximum term of 10 years. Nevertheless, the fraudster got off with just a year and a half of preventive measures in custody — our interlocutor shared his opinion that part of the 630 million rubles stolen by Bulgakov played a significant role in softening the court decision.

Anton Bulgakov

PJSC «Rosbank» also has claims against the fraudster, which the court satisfied in 2016 decision of the Perovsky Court — collect from Anton Bulgakov the debt under the loan agreement, and more recent ones, joint PJSC «Rosbank» and LLC «PARTNER-FINANCE», which at the moment considered by Perovsky Court Judge Sergei Efremov.

We are not talking about such significant amounts here as in the criminal case, so it is unlikely that Bulgakov will try to influence the Perovsky court, which cannot be said about Presnensky: the stolen money then helped the fraudster not only reduce his sentence, but ultimately achieve a positive appeal and be released under house arrest.

In 2016, the Moscow City Court, consisting of the presiding judge Konovalova, considered the appeal of the accused found the ruling of the trial court to be legal and justified and he left Bulgakov in a pre-trial detention center, indicating that he was accused of committing a serious crime.

However, after a year and a half in the cell, the scammer was cheated on a preventive measure for house arrest, without changing its procedural status, which is very worrying for Bulgakov, who wants to continue his «career»: two years ago he turned to business ombudsman Boris Titov and I tried to give the situation the character of transferring civil legal relations into a criminal channel. To put it simply — his lawyers present criminal liability as «a nightmare business», but nothing came of this attempt: you can’t escape «crime».

Despite the fact that reputation laundering services are not cheap, Bulgakov still has finances even after attempts to influence judges; some archival materials and articles about the progress of the investigation have already disappeared from the Internet.

Most likely, the fraudster will now try to organize a similar scheme with imitation of business activities and trade in counterfeit goods under the guise of original spare parts. He plans to register the enterprise as a figurehead, for which he needs «a clean story» and blocking the indexation of articles to search engines mentioning his estate —this is precisely the essence of ordering it to PR specialists.