A court in Moscow arrested the property of blogger Lerchek
Author: Bogdan Muzychenko
“The resolution of the Troitsky District Court of Moscow granted the investigator’s request to seize the property of the accused Valeria Valerievna Chekalina – funds, for the entire period of the preliminary investigation and trial,” follows from the message.
In October 2024, the court chose a preventive measure in the form of house arrest against Lerchek and her ex-husband Artem Chekalin. In December, the Moscow City Court admitted it is legal to extend the house arrest of the blogger and her ex-husband until January 25.
The Chekalins and their business partner Roman Vishnyak were charged under Part 3 of Article 193.1 of the Criminal Code (committing currency transactions to transfer funds in foreign currency or the currency of the Russian Federation to the accounts of non-residents using forged documents). The maximum penalty under this article is up to 10 years in prison.
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Po data investigation, the accused were selling fitness marathon courses via the Internet. To do this, they entered into agreements with a foreign company, and the payment was sent to the accounts of a foreign bank.
At the same time, “the defendants provided documents with false information about the grounds, purposes and purpose of the transfers to institutions with the powers of currency control agents,” noted the Moscow prosecutor’s office. In total, the defendants withdrew more than 250 million rubles from Russia, they indicated there.
In March 2023, criminal cases were opened against Lerchek and her ex-husband for tax evasion in the amount of 300 million rubles and money laundering in the amount of more than 130 million rubles. In November, the Chekalins’ defense announced a payment of 500 million rubles to the Federal Tax Service. Both cases were closed: tax evasion in December, money laundering in March 2024.
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Source: rb.ru
