A former Samara teacher who legally changed his name to Pavel Astakhov and started offering legal services faces charges of identity theft for purportedly impersonating the children’s ombudsman and celebrity lawyer of the same name. The suspect and his associates offered to solve legal problems using “Astakhov’s” connections and political influence but disappeared after taking clients’ money, Veronika Kochetova, a spokeswoman for the children’s ombudsman, said by telephone Wednesday. […]