Lercek began to change the readings

Blogger Valeria Chekalina, known as Lerchek, initially confessed in the case of the withdrawal abroad of 251 million rubles for false documents, but then refused them, TASS reports, citing a source in law enforcement agencies.

According to the agency, Lercek confessed to withdrawing money during the first interrogation, which investigators conducted before the court granted the petition to place the blogger under house arrest, but later she denied guilt.

Lerchek and her ex-husband Artem Chekalin were charged with a new charge on October 4. According to investigators, when selling fitness marathons, they carried out currency transactions using forged documents and brought more than 250 million rubles abroad. They face up to ten years in prison. Lerchek and Chekalin, as well as their business partner, were placed under house arrest.

This is the third criminal case that has been opened against former spouses. Last spring, a tax evasion case was opened against them. Lercek was also involved in a money laundering case — 130 million rubles, for which US dollars were bought. Both cases have already been closed — in December 2023 and March 2024, respectively.