Today, Kaspersky Anti-Virus isthe most famous in Russia brand, which is used by millions of people who use computers for various purposes. It is not difficult to guess that he came up with a product designed to destroy worms and Trojans, a man named Kaspersky. And his name is Eugene. Having created Kaspersky Anti-Virus, it turned into one of the country's main virus viruses. Naturally, the once developed program, which is regularly updated, brought him a huge profit. Often well-off people fall into the field of view of intruders. The scheme of their crimes is as old as the world. They kidnap their relatives for ransom. Did not escape this fate and the son of Eugene - Ivan Kaspersky. The young man was estimated by criminals in 3 million rubles. This resonant illegal act became the topic number 1 in popular periodicals.
But, before moving on to the manner in which Ivan Kaspersky was abducted and who is guilty of this high-profile crime, a few words about the very son of a millionaire.
It is known that he is the youngest child born inmarriage with Natalia Kasperskaya. Ivan was born in 1991, and at the time of the kidnapping he turned twenty. He lived the usual life of a modern young man. I spent a lot of time with my peers, I spent hours talking in social networks. In addition, Ivan Kaspersky, whose biography is known to very few people, met with a girl who later married. In general, so live millions of young people.
All would be nothing but one detail. Ivan Kaspersky, who spent a lot of time in the virtual world, did not see anything shameful in leaving his coordinates in the network.
This is what the attackers used. With the modern development of technology today you can learn not only the address and phone number of a particular person, but also the place of work of his parents.
After a while Ivan Kaspersky, photowho immediately got on the pages of the press after the news of his abduction, was chosen by intruders as a victim. They were the son and father of Savelyev, Oleg Mayukov and Semyon Gromov. In addition, an accomplice in this resonant case was ex-employee of the security agency Alexei Ustimchuk. The latter, however, went to cooperate with the investigating authorities, for which he was also relaxed. So, the criminals began to collect information about the son of a millionaire, who was a student at Moscow State University (Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics). The kidnappers conducted regular monitoring of the young man, who at that time rented an apartment together with the girl Catherine in the north-western district of the capital. Soon they already knew in detail the entire daily routine of the young man.
Ivan Kaspersky, whose personal life was under surveillance, and could not imagine that he was going to be kidnapped in the courtyard of his own house.
But the perpetrators changed their mind about makingcrime in the yard. They were alerted, firstly, by the nearby police stronghold, and, secondly, outdoor surveillance cameras. Yes, and in the courtyard constantly to and fro people. As a result, it was decided that Ivan Kaspersky would be abducted elsewhere. Where exactly? The criminals chose an industrial area, located near the office of Info-Watch. It was a relatively deserted place, from which it was a stone's throw to the Moscow Ring Road. Calculation of intruders was simple: if OMON will calculate them and begin to pursue, it will be easier for them to get lost in the Moscow region.
Now the attackers did not doubt that they hadhands will be the son of a millionaire - Ivan Kaspersky. The kidnapping occurred in the morning when the young man was going to work (mother's office). The abductors, namely Mayukov and Gromov, blocked the way for the young man and forcefully pushed him into the car.
Ivan was transported for a long time along the streets of the capital, so thatthe police could not get on the track of the criminals. Then they transplanted the young man into another car and headed towards the exit from the city. Then the attackers demanded from young Kaspersky that he called first his mother and then his father and told them that he was kidnapped. Ivan's parent was at that time in the British capital, and the news of his offspring forced him to fly to Moscow urgently. Evgeny Valentinovich, despite the categorical prohibitions of intruders, immediately appealed to the law enforcement agencies and said that his son, Ivan Kaspersky, was a victim of a crime.
And in parallel with this, the Savelievs together withpodelnikami arrived in the Sergiev Posad district of the Moscow region (garden association "Grove"), where they previously rented a private house and forcibly placed the kidnapped youth in the building that served as a bath. The victim was kept in handcuffs, and in an unheated room.
And what I experienced at the time when he was kept inbath, Ivan Kaspersky? The young man himself reported interesting facts about his stay in captivity. He noted that the criminals treated him with amiability. The young men were given food and even brought him a book to have something to do.
At the same time, the kidnappers calmed the youngman, that, they say, he is in the bath temporarily and, after some time, he will be returned in good order and unharmed. But for this to happen, they demanded a ransom of 3 million euro from the creator of Kaspersky Anti-Virus. As long as five days spent in confinement Ivan Kaspersky, interesting facts from whose lives after his release, many newspapers in the capital relished. But the kidnappers could not get money, because the special services worked competently and professionally.
The law enforcement authorities took severaldays to reach the trail of the kidnappers. They repeatedly called mother and father Ivan, reminding them of ransom. It is not difficult to guess that the location helped to determine the signal of the mobile phone. After that, it was decided to conduct an operation to free the son of a millionaire, in which representatives of the Moscow threat and officers of the FSB took part.
After the next call of criminals at the insistencepolicemen Evgenie Valentinovich agreed to pay a ransom for his son. They were handed over to a courier who was supposed to meet with intruders. The detention took place at a time when the whole gang went for a ransom. The car, on which the kidnappers moved, was stopped by traffic police officers. Parallel to this, another group of operatives was engaged in the liberation of Ivan, who was left to guard one of the criminals, but the victim was not injured. As a result, the criminals were handcuffed and already in the department they were charged with extortion and kidnapping.
Detectives also found out how the gang wasdistributed roles. The organizers of the crime were the son and father of Savelyev. Their accomplices were the acquaintances of Savelyev, Jr.: Semyon Gromov, the former Chekist Alexei Ustimchuk and his neighbor Oleg Mayukov. During the preliminary investigation, the senior Saveliev and Semyon Gromov confessed to the kidnapping of Ivan Kaspersky. As for Mayukov, he said that Ustimchuk inclined him to a crime. The role of the latter in this criminal history is quite significant. It was the former employee of the special services who entered into an agreement with the Savelievs. He was instructed to buy three foreign cars and two dozen mobile phones with anonymous contracts of operators.
The consideration of the criminal case of the kidnapping of the son of the developer of Kaspersky Anti-Virus was held in the summer of 2013.
All members of the criminal group were sentenced toreal prison terms. In particular, Saveliev the elder received 11 years, his son - a year less. Oleg Mayukov will sit for 7 years. Semyon Gromov will go to jail for 9 years. But Alexei Ustimchuk received the least of all - 4,5 years, because at the preliminary investigation stage he agreed to actively cooperate with the investigation.
On the question posed to Savelyev, the elder,why he needed such a large amount, he replied: "Money was needed for treatment." But, as it later turned out, no serious health problems caused the organizer of the crime to suffer. The tactic of criminal behavior by the younger Saveliev was explained simply: "I was forced to be near my father because I did not want him to be prosecuted." All the convicts went to serve their sentence in a strict-security colony.
