Russian law enforcement will check 32 millionaire bloggers for involvement in money laundering and tax evasion. How informs The Mash Telegram channel previously compiled a “black list” of potential violators. Some of the defendants are currently in custody.
Among the suspects were: TV presenter Regina Todorenko, model Oksana Samoilova and blogger Dina Saeva. In addition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will control Russia. singer Instasamka, hip-hop artist Yegor Creed, influencers Hussein Gasanov, Samira Mustafaeva, Nadine Serovski, Victoria Bonya, Gohar Avetisyan, Anastasia Mironova, Ekaterina Usmanova, Veronika Khatskevich and others.
Mash claims that the so-called gypsy information blacklist emerged before the arrest of Elena Blinovskaya, author of The Marathon of Desire, and blogger Lerchek (Valery Chekalin). Both were claimed to be at the top of the list. There was no official confirmation of this information.
With data The Federal Tax Service Baza has created a special department that controls all bloggers whose annual income exceeds 50 million rubles. “Nobody paid taxes,” the publication’s source said, pointing out that the number of criminal cases against bloggers could rise sharply.
Leave list
Blogger Alexandra Mitroshina was also included in the “black list”. In March, a criminal case was filed against him for failing to pay taxes in the total amount of 120 million rubles. This week he paid off the main debt, and then left “infogypsis” – violators. Mitroshina also has to pay a fine of 85 million rubles.
Commenting on tax claims on social networks, the blogger noted that violations in tax returns were caused by the error of a tax adviser.
“For the sake of avoiding speculation, I will say this: I have always worked honestly, with no intention of deceiving the government. I’m definitely starting from scratch now. How not at this point? Do not be negligent with documents, even on small things. Do not rely solely on the opinion of a tax attorney. Do not draw too much attention to yourself, ”said Mitroshina.
tax cases
On April 27, Blinovskaya, the author of the Wish Marathon, was accused of evading more than 918 million rubles in taxes and laundering more than 43 million rubles. The blogger was detained in the Smolensk region, he was going to leave Russia in a rented car.
Blinovskaya pleaded guilty and was placed under house arrest in a summer residence in the Moscow region. In addition, the Presnensky Court banned him from using the Internet, depriving him of the opportunity to manage social networks.
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia reportedAn international order has been sent to the UAE to confirm that Blinovskaya has property in that country.
“Law enforcement has sent an international order to the United Arab Emirates to confirm that they own Blinovskaya’s property in the country, which can be used to compensate the damage done by Blinovskaya to the state,” the police said.
TV presenter and friend Blinovskaya Ksenia Borodina wrote an article in which she urged readers to realize that “no one is a saint.” “Everything is possible in life. Especially now we live in a world where there are no guarantees. Tomorrow is unpredictable. You just have to give goodness to everyone and live in the present and the present, ”she said.
Another person on the list, blogger Lerchek, is suspected of tax evasion and complicity for 311 million rubles. She and her husband Artem Chekalin are under house arrest.
According to researchers, from July 2020 to July 2022, the Chekalinas used a simplified tax system with an allowable income limit of 150 million rubles per year, while their real income significantly exceeded this amount.
In addition, as law enforcement officials are sure, in April 2021, the Chekalins bought more than 130 million rubles of foreign currency to “launder” illegally received money.
Blogger revenue
With data The media reported that Chekalina’s revenue last year amounted to 1 billion rubles.
Others on the list earned less:
– Mitroshin – 650 million rubles;
– Samoilov – 500 million rubles;
– Avetisyan – 500 million rubles;
— Blinovskaya — 450 million rubles;
– Bonya – 250 million.