MOSCOW, April 11 In the case of business coach Dmitry Portnyagin and his wife, suspected of tax evasion and money laundering, the damages have been fully compensated, according to the Telegram channel of the Investigative Committee of Russia.
«»The investigative bodies of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Moscow Region in the framework of a criminal case against blogger Dmitry Portnyagin and his wife, suspected of tax evasion on an especially large scale and legalization of funds obtained by criminal means (part 2 of Article 198 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and subparagraph “b” part 4 of article 174.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), we quickly managed to achieve full compensation for the damage,” the message says. 
According to the investigation, from 2018 to 2020 the spouses failed to pay taxes in the amount of more than 124 million rubles. It is emphasized that they carried out financial transactions with money obtained from crime, transferring more than 91 million rubles to the accounts of third parties. In addition, due to the delay in paying taxes, a debt of penalties and fines in the amount of 64 million rubles arose.
Dmitry Portnyagin is a businessman, founder of Club 500, business coach, blogger and author of the Transformer book series.
Club 500 is an international closed premium-level business club, according to the organization’s website. It is noted that it is an “ecosystem for entrepreneurs”, including networking, business education, excursions to corporations, meetings with a mentor, an investment club and joint travel.