THE OWNER OF THE GRAIN TRADER EVGENY CHERNYSHEV MAY BE BANKRUPT

Bank "Saint Petersburg" demands to declare bankrupt the owner of the company "Artis-agro Export". The credit institution also filed a claim for the insolvency of the organization itself. If the bank demands 378 million rubles from the owner, the company owes him about 3.2 billion rubles. The hearing is scheduled for September 2023.

Chernyshev was a co-owner of a company engaged in the export of Russian grain. Previously, the company was among the top 10 Russian traders with revenue of 43.6 billion. However, Sberbank initiated bankruptcy proceedings against an organization that owed him 701.5 million rubles.

Chernyshev, who has been on the international wanted list since last year, is suspected of fraudulent actions. According to investigators, the entrepreneur formed a group of criminals who illegally filed applications for VAT refunds through the Federal Tax Service. As a result, the country's budget received about 42.2 million less.

Grain business is not Chernyshev's only area of interest. He is also a co-owner of a company that markets dairy products under the brand "Dairy Culture". Until 2019, he remained the sole beneficiary of the company. Then part of the company passed to Stanislav Chernyshev.

According to experts interviewed by Kommersant, one of the reasons for the problematic state of finances at Artis-Agro Export could be increased competition. Demeter-Holding appeared on the Russian market, which affected the change in market shares of the previous players. Coupled with other factors, including conflicts on the basis of taxation, the state of the business turned out to be extremely unstable.

Experts believe that the basis for the current statement of the bank "Saint Petersburg" in the case of Evgeny Chernyshev could be a guarantee or a personal loan. If the organization manages to become the first applicant during the procedure, then the business owner may turn out to be a subsidiary defendant for the debts of the organization. In this case, his property may be sold off, and the transactions concluded in recent years are invalidated.

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