Blogger Portnyagin asked for five years in the case of money laundering
During the debate, the state prosecution asked to sentence blogger and entrepreneur Dmitry Portnyagin to five years in prison. He is accused of money laundering.
During the debate, the state prosecution asked to sentence blogger and entrepreneur Dmitry Portnyagin to five years in prison. He is accused of money laundering. This was reported by the correspondent of “Kommersant” from the courtroom.
The debate was held in the Meshchansky District Court of Moscow. In addition to the blogger, in the dock were his business partner Alexei Nikolaev and wife Ekaterina Portnyagina. They were asked for two years and 7.5 years respectively. The latter was also charged with giving a bribe in an especially large amount, but at the same time requested a delay, since there is a young child.
According to investigators, the blogger used a business splitting scheme to pay taxes under a simplified taxation system. The total tax arrears amounted to 15.3 million rubles. According to the materials, this amount was laundered by the blogger through the purchase of real estate for 7.3 million rubles, and the remaining 8 million rubles. his wife issued as loans to IE Nikolaev.
Dmitry and Ekaterina Portnyagina do not admit guilt in money laundering, but the wife admitted bribery. Alexei Nikolaev pleaded guilty. The defense requested acquittals for the defendants, and in the case of Ms. Portnyagina, her lawyers asked not to impose a prison sentence. The lawyer of the family Anastasia Selivanova noted that in the investigation did not correct the errors, because of which the case was sent for revision in 2025. In turn, the defender Denis Nikandrov said that some of the financial transactions imputed by the investigation were not carried out at all and are not confirmed by bank statements.
This is the second attempt to consider the Portnyagin case. Initially, the blogger appeared in court on charges of legalizing 139 million rubles in April 2025. However, in November, the case was returned to the prosecutor's office because of violations in the indictment.
In more detail - in the material "Kommersant" "Bath with laundering".
Nikita Chernenko
