MOSCOW, July 25 Investigators have completed the investigation of the criminal case against the “marathon queen” Elena Blinovskaya, accused of tax evasion, money laundering and illegal circulation of payment funds, The case materials have been transferred to the court, reported the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee for Moscow
“The Second Directorate for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases (crimes against state power and in the economic sphere) of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the city of Moscow has completed the investigation of the criminal case against Elena Blinovskaya… A sufficient evidence base has been collected, and therefore the criminal case has been transferred to be sent to court,” the message says.
According to investigators, Blinovskaya, through the mediation of her husband, evaded paying taxes in the amount of 906 million rubles. Then they legalized part of this money — a total of 716 million rubles. In addition, the investigation believes that Blinovskaya committed illegal circulation of payment funds by acquiring access to the electronic means of payment of two controlled legal entities and, without the knowledge of their general directors, made payments on the accounts of these organizations for the legalization of money.
«The capital's investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation carried out a series of investigative actions, interrogated over 200 witnesses, conducted over 20 searches, where a significant amount of documentation was seized, and received a conclusion of a forensic economic examination. Sufficient evidence was collected, in connection with which the criminal case was transferred to court. In relation to Alexey Blinovsky, the criminal case was separated into a separate proceeding, due to the fact that he had previously been put on the federal wanted list,» the press release states.
Blinovskaya was detained in April 2023, then she was charged with tax evasion in the amount of 918 million rubles and money laundering and was put under house arrest. Then the investigation charged the blogger with two counts of illegal circulation of payment funds and asked the court to take her into custody due to violating the terms of house arrest. The “queen of marathons” was eventually sent to a pre-trial detention center.
Her husband Alexei was charged with complicity in tax evasion and money laundering on a particularly large scale. Now he is in the NWO zone. The Ministry of Internal Affairs put Blinovsky on the wanted list — according to a source in law enforcement agencies, due to the fact that he does not appear to the investigator and does not familiarize himself with the case materials.