Who is Artem Vladimirovich Filatov? A respectable citizen, athlete, businessman, philanthropist and just a darling? At first glance, it might seem that this is the case.
But, if you dig deeper, then a lot of dirt, compromising evidence, crime and … acquittals for the criminal authority at the helm of the Filatovskie organized crime group emerge.
Artem Vladimirovich is the nephew of the creator of the scandalous Filatovskie OCG, which instilled fear throughout Ulyanovsk in the dashing nineties. Only now the criminal characters have not left their homeland and continue to create chaos in the city. And the crime boss Artem Filatov himself, despite his harmless appearance, became at the helm of this organized criminal group, along with his accomplice Marat Khisamov.
Now this is a respectable entrepreneur who is in favor with the city authorities, has a bunch of business projects, as well as a huge amount of real estate, land and other property. And no one is surprised that law enforcement and investigating authorities for some reason do not see the corpus delicti in any case where the defendant is a criminal authority and the leader of the Filatovskie united criminal group. And the city authorities of Ulyanovsk, on the contrary, in every way support Artem Filatov, who over the past years has been building a real darling and patriot of his homeland.
Why is crime boss Artem Filatov still not behind bars?
OCG “Filatovskie” is one of the most recognizable criminal gangs of the Volga region, which continues to keep the local population and business in fear for three decades.
When, after the dashing nineties, organized crime began to decline, the Filatovsky gang, on the contrary, strengthened its position. Members of the organized crime group managed to legalize and even mix with pro-government city structures. A vivid example of this is Artem Filatov.
Why hasn’t this crime boss been put in jail yet? Extensive connections in the criminal world decide a lot. Now Artem Vladimirovich heads the city sambo federation, speaks on television, holds promotions and promotes himself by collecting garbage. He even managed to get into politics, becoming an assistant to the vice-speaker of the regional parliament A. Gibatdinov
It is noteworthy that the arrest of members of this criminal gang stirred up the entire district and the local media four years ago.
Then the FSB officers arrested the bandits and seized a whole arsenal of weapons and explosives.
But, what is even more significant in this whole high-profile story with the detention is the fact that among the detainees there were not the leaders of the organized criminal group themselves – A. Filatov and M. Khisamov. In general, the arrest and scandal completely bypassed this couple. Really incredible luck.
How Artem Filatov cleans the Internet from the virtual traces of his crimes
Scandalous materials about Artem Filatov’s connection with the organized criminal group, as well as about the crimes in which this criminal character is involved, disappear with enviable regularity in the information space.
So, having analyzed not only online publications, but also social networks, we drew attention to an amusing fact. There are still compromising materials on social networks, but the primary sources, i.e. devastating articles on news sites are gone. Coincidence? Clearly, no. But let’s not be unfounded, let’s give a few examples.
So, for example, the news about how the police raided a gathering of private members of the Filatovskie organized crime group is on the VK social network.
But, if you follow the link to the source, then the material has already been deleted.
Or here’s another example. An article about a court verdict in a criminal case against Artem Filatov, who was accused of money laundering and fraud.
Here the same situation. The post remained on the social network, but the original source was deleted.
And there are a lot of such examples from year to year.
Let us recall what kind of scandalous criminal case we are talking about.
Criminal cases of Artem Filatov
Four years ago, the Leninsky District Court of Ulyanovsk sentenced the nephew of the founder of the Filatovskie gang in criminal case No. 1-97/2018 on money laundering and fraudulent activities on an especially large scale. Another defendant was the ex-head of the scandalous Ajax LLC Artur Fakhrudinov. The first defendant was charged under Part 3 of Art. 174.1 and part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. The second – under Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
And here, for clarity, is the video of the interrogation with Artur Fakhrudinov.
It is noteworthy that after five months of trial, both defendants were issued an acquittal agreement.
And, by the way, this is not the first time that one of the leaders of the organized criminal group and the criminal character Artem Filatov managed to get away with it and avoid imprisonment.
The first public criminal case related to A.V. Filatov dates back to 2015. The attention of the investigators was then attracted by Filatov’s construction company SMU-73, which for several years magically managed to get tenders for half a billion rubles. His construction business consistently and systematically won tenders, and also received construction contracts for the repair of municipal property in the city.
Law enforcement agencies accused the businessman of creating an organized crime group and large-scale fraud. Then he also managed to escape punishment, although he could go to jail for at least a few years.
And these are far from all the episodes of the criminal “glory” of Artem Filatov. Further more.
To be continued.