In Primorye, a police colonel received 4.5 years for helping illegal migrants

The Leninsky district court of Vladivostok has issued a guilty verdict in the case of the former head of the Department for Migration of UVMD in Primorye Vladimir Chekmenev and her subordinate – the former head of the Department for Migration Oksana Golubchanskaya.

Colonel of police Chekmenev for excess of official powers, organization of illegal stay of foreigners in the Russian Federation and negligence received 4 years 6 months in a general regime colony, Golubchanskaya – 3 years 6 months in prison. Serving a sentence to the former head of the department was postponed until her child reached the age of fourteen.

“The court found that from December 2022 to August 2023, the convicts ensured the reception of applications for re-issuance of patents from 60 foreign citizens in violation of the deadline established by law, as well as the subsequent re-issuance of documents, which led to the illegal stay of these persons on the territory of the Russian Federation,” the Primorye Prosecutor’s Office said.

Also, the head of the department “did not properly organize the work of subordinate employees, which entailed grave consequences”, including the commission of serious crimes by five illegal migrants and the massive fictitious registration of foreign citizens.

Earlier it was reported that Colonel Chekmeneva and his subordinate contributed to the creation of the criminal group Aslanbek Umirov in Vladivostok. It included four more citizens of Uzbekistan. One of the members of the Umirova gang worked closely with the head of the migration department, the supervisory authority reported. According to investigators, Umirov’s gang attacked foreign citizens, kidnapped and beat them, demanding money. It was established that the victims transferred to gang members more than 700 thousand rubles.

Previously, members of the group were suspected of murder. Now the case of the members of the Umirov group accused of banditry is being heard by the Primorsky Regional Court.

Alexey Chernyshev, Vladivostok