Anton Gelonkin
Anton Gelonkin | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1964 (age 59–60) |
| Other names | Anton Eduardovich Dolgov; Anton Peyton |
| Occupation(s) | Financier, criminal |
| Criminal charge | conspiracy to defraud, Perverting the course of justice |
| Penalty | 6 years imprisonment |
Anton Gelonkin (born 1965) and known as Anton Eduardovich Dolgov (Russian: Долгов Антон Эдуардович) in Russia was a Russian bank chairman who disappeared during the 1995 collapse of the Moscow City Bank[1][2] and later convicted of running an international organised internet based fraud in 2006.
Moscow City Bank
[edit]Anton Eduardovich Dolgov (Russian: Долгов Антон Эдуардович; born 1965) was the chairman of the 18 December 1992 registered Moskovsky Gorodskoi Bank (Mosgorbank), or Moscow City Bank (MGB) (Russian: Московский городской банк (Мосгорбанк, МГБ)),[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] and in late August 1995 allegedly fled to Malta after taking an unknown amount of money.[1][2][11][12][13] The bank later collapsed with debts of 100 million US dollars.[14]
Identity theft racket
[edit]British police believe that from 1996 Anton then ran an organised international operation based in Notting Hill, London that defrauded American, British and Spanish bank account holders, and "systematically defrauded clearing banks and other financial institutions in Britain and abroad"[15] and ran undetected for ten years.[16]
The gang used compromised credit cards to first buy electrical goods, which they had delivered to a double layer of mailbox addresses[15] - to reduce the connection between the fraudsters and the goods - and then later sold them on eBay both inside and outside the UK. Other activities involved: using stolen card details to set up online gambling accounts and diverting the winnings; and directing stolen money to hundreds of bank accounts.[16]
In late 2004 police had raided the gang's presence in Barcelona, arresting Andreas Fuhrmann and issuing an Interpol international arrest warrant for Anthony Peyton (alias Gelonkin).
In January 2005 police were called to a burglary associated with the gang's headquarters, and noted the name Gelonkin, and later discovered the Interpol warrant. This resulted in a raid which resulted in the arrest of Estonian Aleksei Kostap, but not before Kostap was able to trigger a system that encrypted the records held on the gang's computers. Despite police IT expert efforts the data has not been decrypted. Kostav was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud and perverting the course of justice. Another gang member, Lithuanian Romanos Vasilauskas, admitted possessing false passports with intent and sentenced to eighteen months. Anton Gelonkin, 'admitted conspiracies to defraud, to obtain services by deception, to acquire, use and possess criminal property, and to remove it "from the jurisdiction"'[15] and was sentenced for six years.
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ a b RICHARD W. STEVENSON (12 September 1995). "In New Economy, Russians Cannot Rely on Their Banks". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ a b ВДОВИН, Влад (VDOVIN, Vlad); МОРОЗОВА, Анжелика (MOROZOVA, Anzhelika) (30 August 1995). "Банки Бег: (сеанс банковской магии с внезапными исчезновениями, погонями, чертовщиной и обязательными разоблачениями)" [Banks Running: (a banking magic session with sudden disappearances, chases, devilry and obligatory revelations)]. «Коммерсантъ» (in Russian). Retrieved 12 September 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Челноков, Алексей (Chelnokov, Alexey) (28 April 2000). ""Боцман" российского телевидения" ["Boatswain" of Russian television]. Агентство федеральных расследований (flb.ru) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Газета "Вечерняя Москва" 12.01.2000 «Солнцево-Интернешнл» Версия. Солнцевская преступная группировка, судя по всему, стала реальным владельцем "Видео интернешнл"
- ^ Олег ЛУРЬЕ, обозреватель "Совершенно секретно", Секреты Миши - агитпропа : о том, как "новые русские" захватили телебашню "ПОКАЖИТЕ МНЕ ЭТОГО МИЛЛИОНЕРА!"
- ^ "Подробная справка о фирмах и автомобилях Махал Юрьича Лесина" [Detailed information about the companies and cars of Makhal Yuryevich Lesin]. Агентство федеральных расследований (flb.ru) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Справка по акту ревизии финансово-хозяйственной деятельности АОЗТ Продюсерской компании "Видео Интернешнл"" [Certificate on the audit report of the financial and economic activities of JSC "Video International" Production Company]. Агентство федеральных расследований (flb.ru) (in Russian). 19 July 1995. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ "Акт ревизии "Видео Интернешнл" проведенной в связи с возбуждением уголовного дела по факту убийства В. Листьева" [The report of the audit of "Video International" conducted in connection with the initiation of a criminal case on the fact of the murder of V. Listyev]. Агентство федеральных расследований (flb.ru) (in Russian). 19 July 1995. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
- ^ Раззаков, Федор (Razzakov, Fyodor). "Читать книгу: «Блеск и нищета российского ТВ», страница 4" [Read the book: "The Splendor and Poverty of Russian TV", page 4]. ООО «Литрес» (or "literary resource") (litres.ru) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ МИХАЙЛИН, МИХАИЛ (MIKHAYLIN, MIKHAIL) (29 April 1995). "Дело АО ОРТ: Тяга к народному" [Case of JSC ORT: Craving for folk]. «Коммерсантъ» (in Russian). Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ АКИМОВ, МАКСИМ (AKIMOV, MAXIM) (5 September 1995). "Последствия кризиса на рынке МБК: МГБ не оказался ни хорошим, ни устойчивым" [Consequences of the crisis in the interbank credit market: The MGB turned out to be neither good nor stable]. «Коммерсантъ» (in Russian). Retrieved 12 September 2024.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Банки пытаются вернуть свои деньги: Долги Московского городского банка грозят стать безнадежными" [Banks are trying to get their money back: Debts of the Moscow City Bank threaten to become bad]. «Коммерсантъ» (in Russian). 6 October 1995. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Дело МГБ: Мыльный проект банкира Долгова" [The MGB case: Banker Dolgov's soap project]. «Коммерсантъ» (in Russian). 16 December 1995. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Three guilty of identity fraud which netted millions". the Guardian. 1 December 2006. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
- ^ a b c "Russian bank chief jailed for identity theft racket". This is London. Evening Standard. 13 December 2006. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ a b David Pallister (1 December 2006). "Three guilty of identity fraud which netted millions". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
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