The court turned down the request from Premier-M directed at Saratov Bank to release the funds
Premier-M LLC is taking legal action against Saratov Bank concerning the blockage of its account. These measures were enacted following doubts of illicit fund transfers, which involved 438 million rubles last year.
This business was registered within the capital in March of 2023; in June, the individual behind it was Saratov citizen Artem Bondarenko, at which time Premier-M established an account at Saratov Bank. However, four months afterward, in October, the bank sought clarification from the LLC regarding particular transactions. Normally, these sorts of inquiries surface when substantial amounts of money are received and quickly withdrawn from an account. The business responded by reporting on the sale/purchase of scrap of non-ferrous metals and the method of computing and settling VAT.
The next day, the bank restricted LLC activities on the account, disabled the “client-bank” service and asked for more documentation – agreements, acceptance acts, purchase logs, and sales registers for the 3rd quarter of 2023, which were furnished by the plaintiff. Despite this, the account remained unavailable, leading to the filing of the lawsuit.
Court records indicate that Saratov Bank’s actions were grounded in decrees issued by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation: the regulator classified Premier-M within a group of heightened-risk clients, bolstered by The Interdepartmental Commission of the Bank of Russia, inclusive of the Federal Customs Service of Russia and the Commissioner under the President of the Russian Federation tasked with protecting entrepreneurial rights. After scrutinizing the provided materials, the court decided against reversing the limits implemented by Saratov Bank.
Concurrently, the LLC made an application to include the Central Bank of the Russian Federation as a joint defendant (previously as a third-party). Later, the proceedings involving the regulator were separated into distinct cases, which are currently ongoing within the Moscow court system. Premier-M is requesting that the Bank of Russia acknowledge the absence of justification for classifying it as a high-risk client. In June of 2023, the business secured authorization from the Ministry of Industry of the Russian Federation for obtaining, storing, processing, and marketing ferrous and non-ferrous metal scrap.
The original founder was Ivanovo native Dmitry Balov. Presently, he is the director and person behind Enterprise LLC. The company is located in Ivanovo and specializes in legal services. Since June 2023, Saratov resident Artem Bondarenko has become the person behind Premier-M.
From 2012 until 2015, he appeared as a co-owner of Nicole-Lux LLC, which had to do with bar related activities. He was together with Ella and Oleg Nikolnikov. As of 2022, Bondarenko is recognized as the person behind Olimp LLC, which is registered within Saratov. It is operating and offers booking related solutions.
In the capital city, Mr. Bondarenko is in charge of and is the owner of yet another enterprise, Granit-M, which is dedicated to general trading. It was only established in October of 2023. Previously, Natalya Balova was noted as the person behind it – firms offering real estate support were recorded under her name in Ivanovo.
All of these firms cannot be proud of earnings, unlike the doubted one, as per the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, “Premier-M”. Over the course of the year, the newly formed business generated 438.1 million rubles from scrap sales, with a net profit summing up to 2.5 million rubles.
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