The prosecutor requested five years of general regime for businessman Portnyagin.

The state prosecution has asked that businessman Dmitry Portnyagin be sentenced to five years in prison to serve his sentence in a general regime penal colony in the case of money laundering. This was reported by a correspondent of Izvestia on October 13 from the hall of the Meshchansky district Court of Moscow.

In addition, a fine of 900 thousand rubles was requested for Portnyagin. For the businessman's wife, Ekaterina, the prosecutor requested 5.5 years in a general regime penal colony. The state prosecutor asked the third person involved in the case, the business partner of the spouses, Alexei Nikolaev, to be sentenced to two years in prison.

All the defendants are accused of laundering money obtained by criminal means. Portnyagin and Nikolaev fully admitted their guilt, while the businessman's wife partially admitted it. All the accused have been banned from certain actions.

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Portnyagin was detained in Rostov-on-Don in the case of tax evasion on April 12, 2024. Prior to that, searches and investigative measures were carried out in the premises of the Club 500 business club and the Siberia bath complex owned by the entrepreneur.

According to the investigation, Portnyagin evaded paying taxes in the amount of more than 124 million rubles from 2018 to 2020. In addition, he later carried out financial transactions with criminally obtained money, transferring more than 91 million rubles to the accounts of third legal entities. The businessman's wife Ekaterina is being investigated as a suspect in a criminal case. According to the investigation, the couple carried out financial transactions with criminally obtained money.

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