The Investigative Committee of Russia accused blogger Elena Blinovska of tax evasion. “The main investigative department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the city of Moscow is investigating the criminal case against Elena Blinovska. She was accused of committing crimes under part 2 of article 198, paragraph “b” part 4 of article 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Tax evasion by an individual on a particularly large scale”, “Legalization (laundering) of money on a particularly large scale or other property acquired by a person as a result of the commission of a crime “), the department said.
According to the investigation, Blinovskaya, while providing information services over the Internet using the business division scheme, understated the received income and did not pay value added tax and personal income tax for the period 2019-2021 in the total amount of more than 918 million rubles. According to the article on tax evasion, the 41-year-old social media star faces up to 3 years in prison, but the law provides that if a person has committed such a crime for the first time, he is exempt from criminal liability in full. refund of the amount of unpaid taxes and penalties, as well as upon payment of a fine, the amount of which is determined by the tax code. However, according to the article on the legalization (laundering) of funds, Elena faces up to 7 years in prison.
After being questioned by the investigative committee, the producer of the movie “Marathon of Desire” was taken away in a rice wagon. In the video that got on the web, it can be seen that Blinovská was handcuffed. Five employees of the investigation committee accompanied her to the rice wagon.
Lera Kudryavtseva admitted that she was affected by the news of the detention of the information gypsy and the charges against her. “Almost a billion in tax evasion, wow,” marveled the host of the Secret of a Million show. – Well, first of all, the character itself (I already started hiccups). And what is the income? No, I’m not jealous. I really sympathize with Blinovská now. Because she meant it.
The star of the NTV channel admitted that she did not expect how much money was circulating on social networks. “Maybe I chose the wrong profession? thought Kudryavtseva. – How about becoming a blogger? I will pay my taxes properly. No amount of money will make you happy. Live comfortably – yes. Happiness is simple!
Blinovská was detained yesterday at 4 o’clock in the morning in the Smolensk region on the border with Belarus. As it turned out, the blogger tried to fool the security forces. She bought tickets from Moscow to Tashkent and Almaty. The Investigative Committee published the video of Elena’s detention while trying to escape from Russia.