The founder of Player.ru declared bankruptcy

The claim was registered on December 6, but the court has not yet accepted it for consideration. No other details are provided on the card.

At the end of November, the Federal Tax Service (FTS) filed a lawsuit with the Arbitration Court against Konyshev, Voskhod LLC (legal entity Player.ru) and Elektron LLC (former legal entity of the store) for the recovery of back taxes . worth almost 9.8 billion rubles.

In early December, the court granted the request of the Federal Tax Service to introduce provisional measures, as a result of which Konyshev’s funds in the amount of 9.7 billion rubles were arrested in all current accounts, including the accounts of Voskhod. The court also banned any actions with the PLEER brand, the businessman’s BMW X7 car worth 9.5 million rubles and 17.7 hectares of land in the Vladimir region worth 750 thousand rubles.

During a tax audit in 2022, the Federal Tax Service determined the debt of Electron LLC in the amount of 9.4 billion rubles; To evade payment of the debt, Player.ru transferred its activities to Voskhod LLC, the Federal Tax Service noted. They added that if it is not seized, the company could change its organizational structure again and withdraw money from its accounts.

If Konyshev declares bankruptcy, the financial director will sell his property at auction and the proceeds will be used to pay off debt to the Federal Tax Service and other creditors, said Dmitry Kletochkin, a partner at law firm Rustam Kurmaev and Partners. he told Shopper’s. According to the publication, the total amount of claims against the businessman by partners and contractors is 330 million rubles.

• Player.ru suspended the work of its offline point and customer service department at the end of September. In an interview with Kommersant, Konyshev said that this happened “due to lack of funds for the acquisition of goods.” In early October, a message appeared on the Player.ru website that the company intended to resume work in the market format.

• This is not the first time the store has suspended operations. In 2018, this happened after searches were carried out at the store’s office in Moscow, and in 2019, the court closed the company for 30 days after an inspection by the Federal Tax Service and the FSB: they sentenced the organization for check fraud. .