IDGC of Centre fights corruption in its ranks

25 April, in his office at the time of receipt of a bribe, the chief of Andreapolsky Distribution Zone of IDGC of Centre – Tverenergo division was detained red-handed. Now the former head of the electric grid company’s subdivision received from a consumer in hand a sum of money in the amount of more than 200 thousand rubles as an advance for construction of a power transmission line.

Identification of the corrupt fact was the result of an internal investigation conducted by Tverenergo’s security unit together with law enforcement officers. According to the circumstances of the case, the following is currently known. In April 2017, a local resident asked the chief of Andreapolsky Distribution Zone to construct an overhead power line. The chief estimated the cost of work at 400 thousand rubles, while he was not going to enter into an official contract for the provision of services, and materials for the construction of the overhead line he planned to use from the Distribution Zone’s reserves, intended for the repair program of the branch.

The official was detained at the time of receiving the cash advance from the consumer. With regard to the suspect, a criminal case was initiated on the grounds of the crime envisaged by item "d" of Part 7 of Art. 204 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, a preventive measure was chosen in the form of detention. The special operation was made possible thanks to the close cooperation of Tverenergo’s security unit and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the Tver region within the framework of the Cooperation Agreement signed in the summer of 2016.

The suppression of abuse by officials is one of the most important priorities of IDGC of Centre’s activities in the field of security.

According to Deputy Director for Security - head of the security department of IDGC of Centre – Tverenergo division Denis Danilov: "Tverenergo’s security unit actively cooperates with law enforcement bodies in identifying cases of abuse and damage to the Company. Abuse of official powers by employees can cause significant financial and reputational damage to the company, so we intend to continue active work to identify such facts."