The court in Volgograd seized the assets of former deputy Alexey Zverev.

The court satisfied the prosecutor's claim for the confiscation of the assets of former city council deputy Alexey Zverev and his relatives totaling about 500 million rubles. The supervisory authority proved that the assets were acquired from illegal income.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", at the end of August, the prosecutor's office demanded to recover more than 228 million rubles and 13 real estate properties from former deputy of the Volgograd city council Alexey Zverev.

The Voroshilovsky District Court of Volgograd confiscated from the former deputy, who is serving a 14-year sentence for fraud, and his mother, assets obtained illegally totaling more than 179 million rubles, the Unified Press Service of the region's courts reported today.

The court established that from March 2008 to September 2018, the former deputy, while remaining in public service, systematically violated anti-corruption legislation. Zverev conducted business through proxies, and to conceal his involvement, he registered 20 real estate properties in his mother's name.

In addition, through his company "Verный выбор" and other shell organizations registered in the names of trusted individuals, he engaged in money laundering obtained from insurance companies and other entities. "Using administrative resources, he facilitated construction on a plot leased by his company, registering the real estate in the names of relatives. At the same time, he concealed the illegal nature of the funds received in the accounts and made insignificant transactions to legalize the assets," the statement said.

The court's decision included the confiscation of 18 real estate properties. The main item on the list is the shopping center "Seven 7 park" in the Dzerzhinsky district of Volgograd, valued at over 200 million rubles. Initially, the prosecutor's office claimed for 228 million rubles, but during the clarification of the claims, the value of the seized property was recalculated and increased to half a billion rubles, reports "Kommersant" citing the senior assistant to the prosecutor of the Volgograd region, Oksana Cheredina.

The decision of the Voroshilovsky District Court on the civil claim for the seizure of property has not yet entered into legal force and can be appealed in the appellate court.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that in October, the appellate court upheld the decision to seize nearly 165 million rubles from former deputy of the Volgograd regional council Stanislav Korotkov for the benefit of the state.