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A charge was brought against them and they were put on the wanted list. The investigation believes that VIM-Avia "was a fraudulent scheme in the form of a pyramid", the company's executives concealed losses by indicating deliberately false information about profits in the accounting documents, which allowed the company to obtain loans from banks, as well as avoid restrictions from the Federal Air Transport Agency ...
According to the investigation, Mursekaev, Kalashnikova, as well as Kochnev and Panteleeva, from 2015 to 2017, purchased oil products and fuel for the needs of VIM-Avia at inflated prices from controlled companies and avoided fulfilling obligations to counterparties, which led to damage to the airline for the amount of 674.5 million rubles. and her bankruptcy. In 2016, they stole 1.6 billion rubles of loans that the airline received for the purchase of engines for aircraft, and transferred them to an account in the Luxembourg Bank, the investigation believes.
VIM-Avia ceased operations in 2017 due to financial problems. The bankruptcy petition was accepted for consideration in November 2017, supervision was introduced on February 19, 2018. On September 26, 2018, the Arbitration Court of Tatarstan declared VIM-Avia Airlines LLC insolvent (bankrupt) and opened bankruptcy proceedings against it.