The amount of the illegal transaction in the new Lerchek case amounted to 251 million rubles
The amount of illegal transfer of funds abroad using false documents in the criminal case of blogger Valeria Chekalina and her ex-husband Artyom Chekalin is 251 million rubles. This was reported by sources in law enforcement agencies TASS.
“The investigation has established that the amount of funds withdrawn abroad using forged documents related to the case in which Artyom and Valeria are being interrogated amounts to 251 million rubles,” the agency’s interlocutor noted.
A criminal case was initiated under Part 1 of Article 193.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, concerning the conduct of currency transactions for the transfer of money in foreign currency or the currency of the Russian Federation to the accounts of non-residents using forged documents.
