The Moscow Arbitration Court, at the request of the blogger and founder of wish marathons Elena Blinovskaya, declared her bankrupt. The blogger’s property will be sold.
“Recognize Blinovskaya as bankrupt insolvent, introduce a procedure for the sale of property against her” – RIA Novosti cites the operative part of the court decision.
According to the marathoner’s lawyer Ivan MorozovBlinovskaya could pay off her tax debt by the end of this year. In this case, bankruptcy would not be necessary.
“Now we are trying to sell the house for 600-650 million rubles. The court meets us halfway and lifts the seizure of the property to settle the debt. We expect that by the end of December we will complete the transactions and close the principal debt.” – he said, adding that Blinovskaya’s property is sufficient.
The fiscal representative also asked to postpone the bankruptcy issue. He noted that the tax office controls the debt payment process and, in the event of bankruptcy, it will be run by an arbitration administrator who will involve lawyers, economists and will keep a percentage of the property.
According to lawyers, Blinovskaya declared bankruptcy on her own and sent her to court from the pre-trial detention center.
Her husband Alexey may also be declared bankrupt; the Arbitration Court of the Yaroslavl Region received from Sberbank the corresponding application with claims in the amount of more than 7.5 million rubles.
As reported EADailyAccording 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 early October, the court lifted the arrest of Blinovskaya’s accounts. According to the court decision, the total amount of funds with which the arrest was lifted is about 80 million rubles. The total amount of the fine still amounts to more than 1.4 billion rubles.
Previously, the blogger’s ex-girlfriend testified in court Liliya Orlenko. He claimed that Blinovskaya planned to withdraw funds from the sale of her “wish marathons” abroad and had no intention of returning the money to Russia; Blinovskaya’s personal assistant also testified. Maria Rostova. As a personal assistant, Rostova participated in the organization of Blinovskaya’s events, trips and household chores and compiled her agenda. However, he does not know from which accounts the blogger’s expenses were paid.
