Portnyagin's wife appealed the verdict on the legalization of 15 million rubles

The defense of the wife of entrepreneur Dmitry Portnyagin, Ekaterina, appealed the verdict in the case of legalization of more than 15 million rubles, in which she was sentenced to 8 years in prison with a suspended sentence until the child turns 14 years old, her lawyer Denis Nikandrov told RIA Novosti.

In September, the Meshchansky Court of Moscow sentenced Portnyagin to 5 years in prison and a fine of 900 thousand rubles for laundering more than 15 million rubles; he was taken into custody in the courtroom. His wife received 8 years in prison with a suspended sentence until 2034, that is, until the child turns 14 years old. She was also fined 3.5 million rubles. The court sentenced the couple’s business partner, Alexey Nikolaev, to 2 years of probation with a fine of 400 thousand rubles, who pleaded guilty.

“We filed a short appeal, the full text of the verdict is not ready yet,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

Portnyagin was found guilty of 15 million 308 thousand rubles. The case was examined on the second attempt, in November the court returned it to the prosecutor's office, then it was a question of legalizing almost 64 million rubles, after which the amount charged decreased four times. In solidarity with the defendants, the state received money received as a result of the crimes committed in the amount of 22 million 308 thousand rubles.

Portnyagin himself stated in his last word that he voluntarily paid the entire amount of the arrears in September 2023 - eight months before the initiation of the case, although he considered it too high. His wife Ekaterina said that she was ashamed of the bribe, she turned herself in and sincerely repented, she did not plead guilty to legalization.