Team Herald
PANJIM: A Russian woman entrusted with looking after the safety of three properties of other Russian nationals has been accused of allegedly illegally selling their properties to a Goan company. An initially delay to register the First Information Report (FIR) has also surfaced with the complainant thereafter approaching the higher up seeking intervention.
According to a complaint lodged by Russian Leonid Beyzer, who owns 51 per cent shares in the company in Morjim, while he and his friend were walking on the Morjim Beach on April 11, 2019 they were accosted by four persons one of whom held a revolver to him and threatened him with dire consequences if he does not sell his entire shareholding to a local person. The complaint on April 12, 2019 was, however, not registered until the intervention of the SP North.
Subsequently on a recent visit to India, Beyzer discovered that his Russian assistant Yulia Yaskova, who had over time gained his complete trust and had full access to his home, and all his documents including cheque books, had allegedly forged his signatures and that of his mother in a Board resolution and empowered herself to sell two properties to two other Russian nationals. Such an arrangement, entrusting her with looking after his property, permitted the complainant to travel on a tourist visa to India for the purpose of tourism without affecting his business interests.
Beyzer has alleged that the woman pocketed the entire sale consideration into her own savings account. This matter was also brought to the notice of Pernem police with another complaint on April 18 stating, “Yaskova also forged the signatures on another Board resolution for a different company and falsely empowered herself a large property belonging to my company on a thirty year lease to another company for a token sum. Despite the
marked value of the said properties being close to Rs four crore were disposed by Yaskova for Rs 52 lakh and the proceeds of the transactions were received to her personal account.”
It was only when the matter was brought to the notice of the SP North that an FIR was finally filed on June 4, 2019 and investigations were initiated.
Sources said Yaskova is presently being investigated for a number of violations of law including lurking, forgery, fabrication of false documents, using false documents for cheating as well as criminal breach of trust etc.
The Pernem police has denied any favourism in this case, claiming that the FIRs have been registered based on thorough inquiry. “We have registered FIRs based on inquiries. Yaskova has been interrogated twice and she will be summoned again if required,” Pernem Police Inspector Harishchandra Madkaikar told Herald.
Asked about the forgery allegation, he said they have sent the documents for forensic analysis and have asked for certain documents from the concerned government departments.
