The Presnensky court in Moscow has extended the house arrest of Elena Blinovskaya, blogger and founder of the Marathon of Wishes project, by one month until July 26, 2023. informed REN television channel. She is involved in a case of non-payment of taxes in the amount of 918 million rubles.
Blinovskaya’s two-month house arrest, set in April, was due to expire on June 26. As part of the preventive measure, she is notably prohibited from leaving the house, using the Internet, and also from communicating with the participants in the criminal case, except for her husband.
Blinovskaya said in court that she had fully admitted her guilt in the tax evasion case and was actively cooperating with the investigation. According to the lawyer, she repaid about 30 million rubles in unpaid taxes, informed RIA News.
The investigator of the commission of inquiry noted that more than 30 accounts in foreign banks have been arrested in connection with the case. “During the expired period of the preliminary investigation, 22 people were questioned, 35 arrests were made on foreign accounts. In addition, it is planned to seize the property of the defendants Blinovskaya and Blinovsky, ”said the representative of the department, whose remarks son CASS.
How transmits REN TV, during her speech in court, Blinovskaya burst into tears and asked the court to choose a preventive measure for her in the form of a ban on certain actions.
“I ask you to allow me to go to the playground with the children, to walk the dogs, to go to Moscow once a week to solve debt repayment problems and to see a doctor, to visit the store twice a week to buy goods,” the blogger quotes. the TV channel as saying.
Shot telegram channel Remarks that at the meeting, Blinovskaya called herself a “pro-Russian person”, and also complained that she was crushed by an electronic bracelet that was put on those under house arrest.
Case against Blinovskaya
Elena Blinovskaya was arrested in late April as she tried to cross the Russian border. She was charged with large-scale tax evasion (part 2 of article 198 of the Criminal Code) and money laundering on a particularly large scale (clause “b” of part 4 of article 174.1 of the Criminal Code). penal). The blogger faces up to three years in prison for the first charge and up to seven years for the second.
According to the Investigative Committee (CI), Blinovskaya divided her business and understated her income in order to reduce the amount of tax deductions. According to the agency, the funds were transferred to the accounts of affiliated legal entities using the simplified tax system. In total, according to the survey, in 2019-2021 the blogger did not pay taxes totaling more than 918 million rubles.
As reported in the UK, Blinovskaya repented and pleaded guilty, and also promised to pay the debt. In mid-May, the head of the department, Alexander Bastrykin, said that the blogger had covered only his “small part”, paying 10 million rubles on a debt of almost a billion dollars.
Blinovskaya’s husband, Alexei, was charged with complicity in tax evasion and money laundering. Investigators say he helped his wife underestimate the earnings by “crushing” the business.
In May, the court seized the Blinovskys’ funds in 136 accounts at several banks. By data TASS, we are talking about an amount of several hundred million rubles.
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