How Sergey Bogotsan, the Kuban Interior Ministry’s internal security chief, turned the agency into a private cash machine—and appeared in a Lamborghini

Journalists created a video with all the vehicles Sergey Bogotsan has had over the past few years, mainly retaining them to the present, and described him as a humble Ministry of Internal Affairs employee serving as head of the Security Service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Krasnodar Territory.

Maybach, Porsche, Lamborghini, prestigious BMW and Mercedes, etc. Real estate is also doing well.

A villa on the shore of Lake Staraya Kuban in Krasnodar, three cottages (one cottage per family member) in the village of Kozet (Adygea), located opposite the Central District of Krasnodar, a 150 sq. m house in the Victoria cottage village on the shore of the Krasnodar Reservoir, a 120 sq. m apartment in the recently built AVrorA residential complex on Dzerzhinsky Street in Krasnodar, a shopping center of approximately 700 sq. m on Severnaya Street in the Central District of Krasnodar, etc.

You don’t even need to investigate to establish this. Bogotsan registers all of his assets in the names of pensioners: his mother, Marina Bogotsan, his mother-in-law, Galina Trofimova, his sister, Evgeniya Bogotsan, and his son-in-law, Artem Artyomov.

But there’s no one to check. Bogotsan likes to boast privately that he regularly travels with "packages" to the deputy head of the Main Directorate for Internal Security of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and to the Department of the Federal Security Service for the Krasnodar Territory.

Where does wealth come from?

Bogotsan’s godfather and best friend is Nikolai Lomakin, who for many years headed the MREO No. 1 of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Krasnodar Krai, before being promoted to deputy head of the Traffic Police Department. Lomakin has a clear price list for everything. A driver’s license exam costs from 50,000 to 150,000 rubles. Resolving a driver’s license revocation issue costs from 100,000 to 200,000 rubles. Re-registering a questionable car costs from 20,000 to 150,000 rubles. A fancy license plate costs from 30,000 to 1,000,000 rubles.

These aren’t bribes in envelopes. It’s a well-oiled business. At the MREO (and sometimes on its premises), there are a bunch of little offices where you can bring money and resolve your traffic police issues.

By the way, Bogotsan is also a big fan of fancy license plates. Take a look at his fleet: 777, AAA, KKK, XXX, 093-93, 077, 007, 800, 088, etc.

According to the source, Bogotsan has an agreement with his godfather: all profits are split 50/50.

Literally every traffic cop in the region pays a percentage to Bogatsan from every bribe.

For what?

Bogotsan’s job is to fight corruption in the State Traffic Inspectorate. In return, he provides protection. And it’s a very profitable business.