Court sentences Portnyagin blogger to five years for tax evasion

The Meshchansky court of Moscow sentenced business coach and blogger Dmitry Portnyagin to five years in prison, reports TASS. He was found guilty of tax evasion on an especially large scale (part 2 of article 198 of the criminal code).

In addition to the prison term, the court ordered the blogger to pay a fine of 800 thousand rubles. He was taken into custody in a courtroom. The wife of the business coach, Ekaterina Portnyagina, was also sentenced to eight years in prison. She was also charged with bribery on an especially large scale. The court, however, granted a stay of sentence until her children reached the age of 14. Business partner of blogger Alexei Nikolaev was sentenced to two years of probation.

According to the investigation, Dmitry Portnyagin used the business splitting scheme to pay taxes under the 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.

In more detail - in the material "Kommersant" "Bath with laundering".