The Federal Tax Service closed Blinovskaya's legal entity after it declared bankruptcy

The Federal Tax Service closed the legal entity of Elena Blinovskaya after the blogger was declared bankrupt, Izvestia found out on November 22.

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The fact that Blinovskaya was declared bankrupt became known during a court hearing on November 13. At the same time, tax inspectors opposed such a decision, noting that the blogger has a large amount of property at his disposal. Nevertheless, the judge decided to introduce a process of property realization in respect of the "queen of marathons.

November 21, lawyer of the "queen of marathons," Natalia Salnikova said that the blogger's accountant was trying to avoid responsibility. During the meeting, a witness in the case stated that the number of legal entities, for which she kept accounting, was increasing every day.

November 7, the blogger's assistant, who is the general director of one of the LLCs related to the "queen of marathons," was questioned. The woman stated that she had not entered into any contracts with the blogger, maintained exclusively working relations with her and took all her courses at her own request.

The Federal Tax Service reported on October 17 that Blinovskaya divided her income into 21 legal entities, these were legal organizations and individual entrepreneurs. The blogger's VAT arrears eventually exceeded 733 million rubles.

Before that, on October 7, it was reported that Blinovskaya tried to sell her property to pay her debts. On October 2, Blinovskaya's lawyers closed her debt to the tax authorities on personal income tax in the amount of over 320 million rubles. The blogger's lawyer Natalia Salnikova declared her client's innocence. The defense believes that the content of negotiations and correspondence of Blinovskaya, disclosed during the trial, proves her non-involvement in the crimes.

On August 30, the blogger partially pleaded guilty to tax evasion. The same day Savelovsky court authorized her to sell an apartment worth 90 million rubles to pay off part of the tax debt. On August 19, it became known that Blinovskaya filed for bankruptcy in order to be able to sell her property to pay off her tax debt.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation completed the investigation against Blinovskaya on July 25. According to the investigation, the blogger, with the complicity of her spouse Alexei, failed to pay taxes, and then legalized 716 million rubles. In April 2023, blogger Blinovskaya was detained on suspicion of fraud for non-payment of taxes. She was under house arrest for about a year.