Blogger Elena Blinovskaya planned to withdraw funds from the sale of her “Wish Marathons” abroad; I was not planning to return the money to Russia. This was stated by Lilia Orlenko, former curator and former friend of the “marathon runner”, during interrogation at the Salelovsky court in Moscow.
“As follows from the correspondence I submitted with Blinovskaya and, as I understand it, Elena wants to open accounts and withdraw funds there (abroad), including to Dubai. And she had no intention of getting her out of there.” – quotes a former TASS employee.
It is also clarified that, according to the correspondence attached to the case, Orlenko, even before the dispute with Blinovskaya in 2022, proposed to formalize partnership relations in the “50/50” format, with “transparent accounts.” Blinovskaya replied that she would think about it.
Furthermore, according to Orlenko, the blogger planned to lay off employees at all of her companies.
“Your task now is to competently and quietly fire employees and retain only those who are prepared for the turbulence.” – says Blinovskaya’s correspondence with her former curator.
In addition, through the correspondence, the authenticity of which Orlenko confirmed in court, the dismissal of employees who are on forced leave was discussed.
Orlenko said that at the beginning of his work in the company he received 200 thousand rubles a month. However, in the last six months his salary reached 4 million rubles.
At the same time, he highlighted that his salary was transferred from accounts of different companies, which did not suit him and “he repeatedly told the employer.”
Blinovskaya’s former friend mentioned that the amount of monthly expenses of the blogger’s main company ranged from 5 to 18 million rubles. This amount included blogger fees, business expenses, rental of premises and salaries of company employees.
“I’m tired of the influx of incoming tasks, aggression and manipulation, I’m just exhausted.” — Orlenko explained the reason for the severance of relations with the Blinovskaya family.
As reported EADailyIn April last year, Blinovskaya and the car she was renting were detained on the Russian border with Belarus. The blogger tried to leave the country. A criminal case was opened against her for large-scale tax evasion and laundering of funds acquired through criminal means. Subsequently, a criminal case was opened for illegal circulation of payment instruments.
According to investigators, Blinovskaya, through her husband, evaded paying taxes worth 918 million rubles. Then they legalized part of these funds in the amount of 706 million rubles.
According to court documents, since 2019, all companies that participated in the blogger’s profit plan received income worth 5.05 billion rubles.
In mid-August of this year, Blinovskaya, independently of the pre-trial detention center, sent an application to the court to declare bankruptcy.
At the same time, she filed a lawsuit in court against Beget LLC, which sells the marathons she created for 5 thousand instead of 110 thousand rubles. So far, the Moscow City Court has dismissed the lawsuit, as the request is outside its jurisdiction.
In early October, the court lifted the arrest of Blinovskaya’s accounts. According to the court decision, the total amount of funds from which the seizure was made is about 80 million rubles. 12 accounts of Blinovskaya and her husband in Russian banks were unblocked. At the same time, the Moscow District Arbitration Court refused to reduce the fine imposed on Blinovskaya to the Federal Tax Service (Federal Tax Service). The total amount of the fine still amounts to more than 1.4 billion rubles.
