Lerchek Appeals Conviction for Illegal Money Transfer

Blogger Valeria Chekalina, known online as Lerchek, filed an appeal against the verdict of the Gagarin Court of Moscow through her lawyer.

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Lerchek filed an appeal against her conviction in the Moscow Gagarin District Court.
The appeal requests acquittal based on the absence of a criminal offense.
The court sentenced her to five years of conditional imprisonment.
She was fined 765 million rubles.
A ban on managing websites and promoting her brand online for three years was imposed.
The case involves the transfer of over 250 billion rubles to the UAE using forged documents.
The funds were obtained from sales of fitness marathons.
The trial was paused in March due to her cancer diagnosis.
The trial resumed in July 2026.
The prosecution has also appealed the verdict, seeking a harsher sentence.
Her former husband and business partner were also convicted in the same case.

Lerchek requested the court not to impose a billion-ruble fine, citing her inability to pay. — gazeta_spb
The total amount transferred was 251.6 million rubles. — kommersant
Roman Vishnyak admitted guilt and received two and a half years in prison. — kommersant
Artem Chekalin partially accepted the charges and was sentenced to seven years with a fine of 195.5 million rubles. — kommersant
Artem Chekalin was sentenced to seven years in prison and fined 194.5 million rubles. — fontanka
The defense could not submit a full appeal because the verdict text was not delivered within five days. — vedomosti
The prosecutor requested a change in pre-trial detention from a restriction to house arrest due to her travel to St. Petersburg. — vedomosti
The full text of the verdict was not ready at the time of the appeal. — vedomosti
The prosecution filed an appeal on August 4, calling the sentence too lenient. — fontanka
The prosecution submitted a brief appeal. — vedomosti