VIDEO: Search Conducted at Russian Influencer's Villa; Criminal Case Initiated

Exclusive footage has emerged from the villa of blogger Elena Blinovskaya located in Istra, near Moscow, where searches were carried out in connection with a case involving tax evasion amounting to 918 million rubles. Reports iz.ru.

The video showcases the blogger's residence, which features a playground, two cars, and a trampoline.

On April 27, it became known that Blinovskaya was arrested by law enforcement when she attempted to cross the border of the Russian Federation. A criminal case has been initiated.

The blogger is suspected of “evasion of tax payments on a particularly large scale and money laundering on a particularly large scale.” According to investigators, the reason behind this was a fraudulent scheme of “business partition,” through which she sold informational courses on social networks.

Earlier, in an interview with Izvestia on March 22, the blogger insisted that she did not use fraudulent schemes. When asked if there were any inspections underway, Blinovskaya responded that all bloggers had been under review for almost a year.