Ex-CEO of Voentelekom arrested

According to the Interior Ministry, Nikolai Tamodin organized the supplies of the alreadu used and decommissioned equipment to the military, thus causing the damage of 700 million rubles to the Ministry of Defense. 
The former general director of "Voentelekoma" Nicholas Tamodina detained on suspicion of embezzlement of Defense Ministry assets, should be from the message of the Main Directorate of economic security and anti-corruption (GUEBiPK) MIA. Facts theft were identified by employees of the management together with the Military Intelligence Department of the Federal Security Service, said in a statement.

According to the Interior Ministry, in 2011 the Tamodin together with representatives of affiliated commercial organizations put the Defense Ministry unusable and discarded equipment before the army. We are talking about replacement parts, tools and others. According to preliminary data, the damage caused to the state, has exceeded 700 million rubles., Say representatives of the Ministry of Interior. Employees GUEBiPK and counterintelligence FSB continue to investigate, materials sent to the investigating authorities for further action.

The representative of "Voentelekoma" declined to comment.

According to the Interior Ministry, the criminal case against Tamodina under Art. 159 h. 4 (fraud to 10 years) has initiated and investigates Main Military Investigative Directoratee TFR. Tamodina GUEBiPK detained by the Interior Ministry and the FSB, soon he will choose a measure of restraint. According to law enforcement, Tamodin collected in warehouses branches "Voentelekoma" substandard spare tools and accessories (spare parts) for military and special communication equipment, placed them in a warehouse in Mytishchi and resold in 2011 for 700 million rubles. through "Voentelekom" company controlled by him.

"Voentelekom" was created in 2002 (until 2009, the company was state-owned enterprise). It is engaged in construction and reconstruction of the Ministry of Defense communications, provides communications services to military camps, is engaged in calculations of electromagnetic compatibility of radio electronic means and others. According to "SPARK-Interfax", in 2012, revenues "Voentelekoma" amounted to 13.9 billion rubles. Tamodin led "Voentelekomom" from 2010 to 2013. The term of his contract expired in January, and in February, the company's board of directors appointed to the post of director general of Alexander Davydov. The source of "Sheets" in "Oboronservis" then explained that the change management team "Voentelekoma" is connected with the arrival ofMinistry of Defense of the new leadership.

"Voentelekom" owns 25% of shares of the fourth-generation mobile network operator (4G LTE) «Basis Telecom". The remaining 75% of shares of "Basics" belong "Aykominvestu" Vitaly Yusufov. In 2010, then-Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov asked then-President Dmitry Medvedev to promote the issuance of the "basis" of frequencies under the country-wide network of "dual-use", which was done in September 2011, the State Commission for Radio Frequencies (SCR) has made a decision to issue "basis telecom "all over Russia in the frequency range of 2.3-2.4 GHz width 70-100 MHz (depending on the region).