MOSCOW, December 29 The criminal case for tax evasion against Valeria Chekalina, known as blogger Lerchek, was dropped, her lawyer said Konstantin Tretyakov.
“Yesterday the Investigative Committee dropped the criminal case of tax evasion against the Chekalins,” said the agency’s interlocutor.
Two criminal cases were opened against Chekalina and her husband Artem. The first concerns tax evasion of 311 million rubles. According to the investigation, the blogger used a simplified taxation system, although her income from fitness marathons exceeded the maximum permissible limit of 150 million rubles per year. The second case is about money laundering on a particularly large scale. According to the Investigative Committee, the Chekalins in April 2021 legalized more than 130 million rubles, buying dollars with them, thus disguising the connection of the legalized money with the criminal source of origin.
At the end of November, the arrest was lifted from Lerchek’s account, she repaid debt to the state, including fines and penalties. As the lawyer stated, in total Chekalina transferred about 500 million rubles to the treasury.
The day before, all restrictions on bloggers were lifted, they returned to social networks after nine months of silence.
At the same time, the Chekalins remain accused in the case of money laundering on an especially large scale.
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