In favor of the company of blogger Lerchek recovered more than 3 million rubles

The Arbitration Court of Moscow has recovered more than 3 million rubles from the food marketplace in favor of the company of blogger Valeria Chekalina (Lerchek) Bi Fit LLC. This is stated in the case file, which was reviewed by Izvestia on January 17.

LLC "Market-Zdorovye" will pay Lerchek a debt of over Br3 million 124 thousand, more than Br156 thousand in penalties, more than Br136 thousand as interest for the use of other people's money from May to August last year, as well as court costs of about Br40 thousand.

Information about the lawsuit Lerchek against the marketplace appeared on October 24, 2024. It is known that Chekalina's company is engaged in the sale of cosmetic goods and hygiene products.

In March 2023, a case was opened against Chekalina and her then husband Artem for non-payment of taxes in the amount of about 300 million rubles and legalization of more than 130 million rubles obtained by criminal means. At the end of December 2023, the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia closed the case on non-payment of taxes, but refused to stop the proceedings on money laundering. On January 15, it became known that Valeria and Artem Chekalina pleaded guilty and fully paid the tax arrears, penalties and fines for 504 million rubles. Later, on July 10, the spouses divorced.

Anew criminal case against the Chekalins was initiated on October 2. The former husband and wife, as well as their accomplice, were suspected of illegally transferring more than 250 million rubles from Russia to Dubai using forged documents (Article 193.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to Izvestiya's source, the damage from the bloggers' crime could exceed 500 million rubles. Chekalinykhs were sent under house arrest on October 4 along with their business partner Roman Vishnyakov.

On November 25, the Troitsky Court of Moscow extended house arrest of the ex-spouses, who are accused of illegally withdrawing funds abroad.