The prosecutor's office asked for five years in prison for blogger Dmitry Portnyagin

In Moscow, the prosecutor's office requested five years in a general regime colony for blogger Dmitry Portnyagin, who positioned himself as a business mentor and coach. Lenta.ru was told about this in the capital’s department.

According to investigators, in the period from 2018 to 2020, Portnyagin evaded paying taxes in the amount of more than 124 million rubles. Later, he legalized the funds received by transferring more than 91 million rubles to the accounts of third parties.

Also accused in the case is the blogger’s wife, Ekaterina, for whom they asked for seven and a half years. The prosecutor asks the third person involved in the case, Alexey Nikolaev, to be sentenced to two years.