Bloggers Valeria and Artem Chekalin, as well as their business partner, have been charged.
They are charged under paragraphs “a, b” of Part 3 of Article 193.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
The detainees are charged with currency transactions involving the transfer of funds in Russian currency to a non-resident’s account.
The former Chekalina spouses provided the credit institution, which had the authority of a currency control agent, with false documents related to the conduct of such transactions.
According to the Moscow Prosecutor's Office Telegram channel, procedural documents were received by the prosecutor's office of the Troitsky and Novomoskovsky administrative districts.
Bloggers, with the support of a business partner, secured contracts with a foreign company through fitness marathons.
The Chekalins sent the received payments to foreign bank accounts.
In this way, the defendants managed to transfer over 250 million rubles outside the Russian Federation.
In the near future, a preventive measure will be chosen against the Chekalins and their business partner.
The prosecutor's office reported that the investigation of the criminal case is under control.
