Businessman and former majority shareholder of Yugra Bank, Alexei Khotin, must pay more than 192 billion rubles of unpaid taxes, as well as convert 100% of shares and shares in the authorized capital of business entities that are part of the Russian-Oil oil group to state income. . The corresponding decision was made on May 10 by the Moscow Zamoskvoretsky Court.
“According to the case of the Prosecutor General’s Office, Aleksey Khotin, as the beneficiary of Rus-Oil, was charged in favor of the Russian Federation for damages expressed in non-payment of taxes in the amount of 192,157,539,000 rubles. 100% of the authorized capital and shares in state-revenue business entities that are part of the Russian-Oil group of companies, – reports telegraph channel Moscow courts of general jurisdiction.
The judge decided to examine the case behind closed doors in order to “ensure the protection of the information that constitutes the confidentiality of the investigation, tax and banking confidentiality”. The court’s decision can be appealed, it has not yet entered into force.
Tax evasion
The Russian-Oil group was found guilty of using schemes to evade the mining tax (MET), VAT and income tax.
As determined by the prosecution, fictitious relationships were created between the affiliates for the purchase and sale of oil, deliberately false information about such transactions was reflected in the accounting, and then MET was officially calculated and, on the pretext of lack of money, was not paid.
In addition, the suspects transferred the revenues they obtained from the final buyers of the oil to the accounts of “other controlled entities that do not owe the budget”, and also withdrew money to the accounts of foreigners.
Russian Petroleum was founded in 2013. The company carries out hydrocarbon exploration and extraction activities in the Khanty-Mansiysk and Nenets Autonomous Okrugs, the Irkutsk Region and the Sakha Republic.
The Yugra Case
A criminal case was also filed against Hotin for embezzling 267 billion rubles from Yugra Bank. Admitted at the Moscow Zamoskvoretsky Court.
According to investigators, the bank issued a loan of 7.5 billion rubles. Structures associated with hotin. The money was not returned to the organization. The loans are secured by real estate.
In 2017, the Central Bank canceled Yuğra’s license. At the time of the cancellation of the license, Khotin owned 52.5% of the bank’s shares.
At the time of closing, the bank’s assets amounted to 34 billion rubles, and liabilities were almost six times higher – 194.8 billion rubles. All debts of legal entities are past due.
This is the largest insured event in the history of the Russian Federation: about 173 billion rubles were paid to the depositors of Ugra.
The businessman was arrested in April 2019 and has been under house arrest ever since. Later, the Russian Investigative Committee filed another lawsuit against Hotin, accusing him of embezzling 283 billion rubles.
With data As of March 2023, Forbes only covered the claims of first-stage creditors of Yugra by 4.57%, and the bankruptcy proceeded at 9.9 billion rubles. DIA previously claimed that companies affiliated with Hotin accounted for 98% of its entire loan portfolio.