The Moscow Tverskoy District Court, at the request of the police, arrested Artem Manilov in absentia, he is one of the founders of the Honest Agent service for automating the funeral process.
The police accuse Manilov of seven episodes of especially large-scale fraud and the organization of a criminal community, reports Kommersant. It follows from the court ruling that the businessman will be detained for two months from the moment of his extradition to Russia or from the day he is detained on the territory of the Russian Federation.
The investigation believes that the businessman, who now lives in Israel, was the leader of an organized crime community that embezzled funds in this industry.
Manilov himself believes that the security forces are behind his persecution, not allowing “outsiders” to enter the market for funeral services.
- “Honest agent” appeared in 2016, the IT platform allows you to organize the funeral process in single window mode. It was invented by Artem Manilov, a graduate of the Institute of Asian and African Countries of Lomonosov Moscow State University, his brother Ilya Manilov (graduate of the Faculty of Journalism of Moscow State University) and Pavel Sosnov, a native of Bauman State Technician of Moscow. University.
- The platform allows the client to receive all the required funeral services online: select and organize a cemetery plot, reserve time in the crematorium and the hall for the farewell, order a monument, pay for its installation and more.
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anastasia mariana
Source: RB
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