The head of Telesport, Pyotr Makarenko, was charged with fraud. Started…

To the head of Telesport Pyotr Makarenko charged in fraud. It all started with the fact that Sergei Shishkin, the head of the online cinema Okko, filed a claim to recover funds from Makarenko in the amount of 1.7 billion rubles – due to transactions that caused losses for society. In addition, at the request of Shishkin, a criminal case was opened against Makarenko under Article 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Abuse of Power.” The maximum penalty for it is imprisonment for a term of up to ten years.

It is unknown what kind of losses we are talking about. However, during the analysis of general practice, it was found that companies often withdraw such funds as a result of either fictitious transactions or fictitious loans to controlled persons. In this case, the money is usually not returned in the end – the recipient of the money soon begins bankruptcy proceedings.

The reporting of Telesport shows that for many years the company had large financial investments on its balance sheet – these are precisely the same loans totaling over 1 billion rubles. The company was also included in the register of the 2media2 company for an amount of about 700 million rubles. “2media2” is an organization controlled by Makarenko, which is why the bankrupt has no property and cannot pay off the debt. Where the money went and who embezzled it must be determined by the investigation. However, even if it turns out that Makarenko has become rich, he may have neither property nor money to pay off his debts.

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Against this background, the likelihood emerges that Makarenko was, in principle, engaged in cashing out money. As a sports executive selling the rights to major sporting events, his main product was advertising – and its real value is impossible to estimate, because even on the same channel at the same time it can cost differently. That is why there is every chance that Makarenko not only sold advertising, but at the same time, at the same time, helped players in the market to cash out funds – for example, bookmakers. Therefore, the investigation obviously needs to dig as deep as possible in order to completely unravel the tangle of crimes committed by the head of Telesport.

If all this is confirmed, then it turns out that Makarenko not only did not help develop sports in Russia in any way, but moreover, he enriched himself at his expense.