Konstantin Tretyakov, lawyer for bloggers Valeria and Artem Chekalin, announced the repayment of tax arrears.
“The debt was fully repaid on May 3. Since all the accounts were stopped, the money was borrowed for this and fully paid 311 million, which was the reason for opening a criminal case,” Tretyakov told RIA Novosti.
Now the defense awaits the reaction of the investigation. According to the lawyer, there is always a certain dialogue with the investigation in tax criminal cases. Tretyakova noted that voluntary repayment of debt is the basis for closing the criminal case. Valeria has complied with all Federal Tax Service and UK requirements for paying additional tax, the bloggers’ lawyer added.
Tretyakov believes that the further development of events may be of interest to all those who also found themselves in a similar situation and now face a choice – to voluntarily pay or not to pay additional taxes.
Two criminal proceedings have been initiated against bloggers. The first is about 311 million rubles of tax evasion using a simplified tax system. Valeria Chekalina’s income from fitness marathons exceeded the allowable limit of 150 million rubles a year. The second concerns large-scale money laundering. According to the survey, in 2021 bloggers laundered more than 130 million rubles, buying dollars on it.
In the Savelovsky court, as a preventive measure, the defendants chose to prohibit certain actions: communication with witnesses and accomplices, use of mail, telephone and other means of communication, as well as the Internet. Movement is not limited.
Previously, blogger Elena Blinovskaya was under house arrest. She is accused of non-payment of taxes for 918 million rubles. Law enforcement arrested six bank accounts of Blinovskaya and her husband for hundreds of millions of rubles.
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