Interesting twist in the conflict between the French warehouse company iD Logistics and the domestic Market-TV LLC, a teleshopping operator Shop & Show.
According to the classics: stop the thief, the thief himself screams loudest.
On Tuesday, news arrived confirming this officially. But first things first.
The loud accusations against Market TV three weeks ago turned out to be a banal attempt to hide their own tails. The only truth that was heard at the end of May from ID Logistics Rus LLC (Russian subsidiary of ID Logistics) was the words of a lawyer: “an application has been filed demanding an inspection and initiation of a criminal case.” But the results did not suit the company at all. This became clear just in time for May 23, when, based on the results of an inspection by the Podolsk district police, it was established that the injured party was not IDL at all, but Market-TV. And all the arguments of French logisticians are not supported by any facts at all.
An attempt to consolidate fraudulent activities through law enforcement pressure did not work.
In fact, as investigators found out, it was like this: IDL systematically failed to fulfill its obligations to ship and package goods. So, it became extremely difficult for Market TV to operate. Shop & Show asked logisticians to take inventory, but there was no response. By March 17, IDL simply stopped servicing the warehouse in the Podolsk region completely, and Market-TV was forced to begin generating orders on its own. At the same time, IDL representatives were constantly called to take inventory, but they ignored the offer. Although a joint inspection of the equipment was carried out on March 22-25, acts were drawn up, certified by both parties. And the IDL guard was generally in the warehouse all the time, no one interfered with him. Based on the results of the inspections, a shortage of almost 300 thousand (!) units of goods worth 183.44 million rubles was established.
Nothing surprising. More recently, IDL has already lost in court to the United Confectioners company 167.56 million. And this seems to be just the beginning. The French iD Logistics is a large company. Works mainly with former colonies – in Africa and Asia. The attitude towards partners is appropriate. For some reason, Russia is in the same category for them, as if it was not us who liberated Europe from Napoleon.
Everything suggests that the French, realizing that they could no longer work in the Russian market, finally decided to throw in as many “natives” as possible. Now IDL is the defendant in Russian courts for almost half a billion. They themselves are trying to collect three times less, and even then went to arbitration coincidentally only after the investigation clarified the above facts.
Is 500 million rubles too much for ID Logistics? Twice as much as they pay in taxes in Russia. And that’s mainly VAT and insurance for personnel. But the French paid only 1.7 million rubles in income tax for the year, and 42 thousand on property! For comparison, Market-TV LLC doubled tax deductions in just one year, paying 632 million rubles.
By the way, a criminal case has been opened. By theft. But not against the management of the TV store, but against “unidentified persons” who stole inventory items belonging to Market-TV LLC from the warehouse. But in response to the statement of Vera Gorbacheva, director of ID Logistics Rus LLC, investigators issued a reasoned refusal to initiate a case.
And also about civilized permission. The promised news, putting everything in its place: The Moscow Arbitration Court decided to fully satisfy the claim “Market-TV to ID Logistics for 252 million rubles.
“ВЧК ОГПУ”