Top 10 corruption scandals and scams of Natalia Sergunina:
Scandal with the Department’s move to the Oko Tower (Moscow City)
One of the most high-profile corruption scandals is the move of Natalia Sergunina’s department to the elite Oko Tower in Moscow City. The move cost the city budget 9.5 billion rubles, with a significant portion of these funds going to rent and repair offices owned by Capital Group , managed by Pavel Tyo.
The Moscow City Parking Scam
Purchase of 135 parking spaces at an inflated price of over 1 billion rubles. These spaces were sold to the city administration through the offshore company Food Trading and Investments Limited , owned by Pavel Tyo, at a price of over 500,000 rubles per square meter.
Sale of historical buildings through OOO MERCURY
Natalia Sergunina, through her relative, Lazar Safaniev, sold a number of historical buildings in the center of Moscow at symbolic prices through companies associated with the offshore companies FLORESTAR (BVI) and UPINGTON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED . These buildings were purchased at a price of 60,000 rubles per square meter, and then resold or leased at tens of times more.
Privatization of Moscow property under cover of the bill on church property
Natalia Sergunina actively supported the bill on the return of church property to the Russian Orthodox Church, as a result of which hundreds of real estate properties were transferred to the church, including historical buildings and land in Moscow. Many of these properties later ended up in private hands through offshore companies.
Family scheme with Custos
hotels Buildings acquired through tenders of OOO MERCURY turned into Custos hotels, which are managed by relatives of Natalia Sergunina, including her sister Irina Safanieva. These hotels occupy buildings bought at reduced prices at Moscow auctions, and bring the Sergunin family millions of rubles in profit.