The court seized blogger Lerchek's property

Troitsky district court of Moscow has arrested the property of blogger Valeria Chekalina (Lerchek). This was reported on January 17 in the Telegram-channel of the courts of general jurisdiction of the capital.

"Satisfied the petition of the investigator for the arrest of the property of the accused Chekalina Valeria Valerievna," - stated in the message.

It is noted that the arrest of property is imposed for the entire period of the preliminary investigation and trial.

Earlier in the day it was reported that the Arbitration court of Moscow recovered from the food marketplace more than 3 million rubles in favor of the company of blogger Valeria Chekalina (Lerchek) LLC "Bee Fit", which sells cosmetics 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 of 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.