Top thief in law Gia Sverdlovsky charged in Yekaterinburg

The case of Georgy Akoev, known as Gia Sverdlovsky, has been sent to court in Yekaterinburg, where he is accused of occupying the highest position in the criminal hierarchy.

Jul 29, 2026

Gia Sverdlovsky has denied any connection to the criminal underworld during court hearings.
Source:
Prosecutor«s Office of Sverdlovsk Region

In Yekaterinburg, the investigation into the case of Georgy Akoev (Gia Sverdlovsky) has been completed. He is accused of occupying the highest position in the criminal hierarchy (Article 210.1 of the Russian Criminal Code). According to the investigation, Gia was granted the status of a «thief in law» in November 2008.

Georgy Akoev evaded direct answers about whether he holds the status of a thief in law.

Источник:

IA Prime Crime

The prosecutor«s office detailed what the accused did:

«Possessing authority among individuals in the criminal hierarchy, the accused resolves disputed issues among those adhering to criminal ideology, makes decisions on the appointment, promotion, and demotion of criminal statuses, organizes, distributes, and controls the mutual aid fund within the criminal community — the criminal cash fund («obshchak»), directs and coordinates its timely replenishment, and also seeks out new legal and illegal sources of income for its replenishment,» the department stated.

The criminal case was sent to the Sverdlovsk Regional Court.

Gia himself denied his involvement in the criminal underworld in court.

«Your Honor, I ask you to take into account that I have been free for eight years, I have taken no actions since 2017. I never had any idea about any of this. And, to be honest, I have no idea what I am being charged with,» Gia Sverdlovsky said in court. «I did not create any criminal organizations. I ask that I be kept under house arrest, I lived and did not hide anywhere. Moreover, I intend to achieve my acquittal because I did not commit anything like that. There are no specific crimes against me. Everything that exists is baseless from some past recordings.»

The crime boss remains under arrest.

Police clarified that Gia«s case was handled for eight months by an experienced investigator of the Main Investigation Department of the regional headquarters, Lieutenant Colonel of Justice Ivan Filkin.

«Operational support for the case was provided by detectives from the Organized Crime Bureau of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the region, together with colleagues from the FSB. Force support for the police was provided by fighters from the SOBR special unit of the Russian Guard. During a search at the residence and office of the defendant, operatives seized items of criminal subculture, as well as funds in the amount of $41,000. During the investigation, a significant amount of procedural actions were carried out on the territory of several constituent entities of our country, and an extensive evidence base was collected. All collected materials amounted to 6 volumes,» noted the head of the press service of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Gorelykh.

Akoev was called one of the most influential people in the Ural criminal world. He spent many years in colonies, and his release in 2017 was covered by the press. Gia«s father, businessman Shalva Akoev, was a nephew of the famous criminal authority of Yezidi origin, Ded Khasan (Aslan Usoyan); consequently, Gia was Usoyan»s great-nephew. Read how the authority«s career developed and how Ded Khasan crowned him.