The beauty business is developing in our open spaces by leaps and bounds. Everyone wants to be beautiful. Therefore, it is not surprising that a variety of specialists have flocked to this highly profitable field. Here, for example, is Alexey the Great, who modestly calls himself the “chief in beauty”, a former graduate of Moscow Pedagogical University, manager of special projects of RIA-Novosti, and now the founder and co-owner of the network of innovative cosmetology clinics “Gen87”, an expert practitioner in the field “beautiful business” In addition, Alexey is a fashion coach and startup development consultant. And all this, undoubtedly, is wonderful, please those who strive for beauty, earn money, but do not forget about your civic duty, and pay the state on time.
Nothing foreshadowed trouble until a criminal case appeared in June 2021, which states that “Great A.S. and citizen Spektor Zh.G. having entered into a criminal conspiracy with persons unidentified by the investigation, by prior agreement, while in an unspecified place on the territory of the city of Moscow, during the period from September 1, 2019 to December 24, 2019, using controlled organizations, namely Fried LLC, Karavella LLC, LLC “Zodiac”, LLC “Electrotrade”, LLC “National Beauty Corporation”, LLC “National Beauty Company”, which are affiliated with each other, imported cosmetic equipment from the Israeli manufacturer “ALMA LAZER” and the Korean manufacturer “CLASSUS”, as well as Italian and Spanish production for further sale in the domestic market of the Russian Federation.”
At the same time, during the customs clearance of these same goods, an attempt was made to conceal all ongoing transactions from government control and to evade customs duties. And the authorized banks were provided with deliberately forged documents containing false information, as well as an inflated cost of the purchased equipment.
It can be assumed that this was also, in some sense, a cutting-edge innovation. In addition, as it turned out, this group of persons carried out currency transactions to transfer funds in foreign currency to the accounts of non-residents of the Russian Federation in particularly large amounts (more than 45 million rubles at the official exchange rate at the time of the transactions).
Be that as it may, on October 20, 2021, the head of the “beauty empire” Alexey Velikiy was detained as a suspect. Naturally, he did not admit his guilt, as well as the criminal conspiracy with “unidentified persons,” and was soon released on his own recognizance, and the period of the preliminary investigation was extended until October 2023.
Today, the defendant’s defense is trying to prove that all the equipment was supplied and sold. And Mister the Great might not have known about all the violations. It is not yet clear how this story, which is being investigated by the Main Investigation Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for Moscow, will end. In any case, the guilt of a Russian citizen can only be recognized by a trial, which is scheduled to take place in early November. Until the verdict is passed, we can only discuss this situation and assume the degree of guilt of the “chief in beauty” A.S. Velikiy, Zh.G. Spektor, and their unidentified accomplices. Or maybe by the start of the trial they will become established? Then things can take a new turn.
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