VChK-OGPU and Rucriminal.info have learned the continuation of the story of realtor-turned-fraudster Elena Filippova, who was assisted by singer Kai Metov and Senator Sergei Brilka's son, Ivan. She is serving a sentence for large-scale fraud, but her case lives on. Currently, in the Moscow Regional Arbitration Court, individuals controlled by Filippova are attempting to launder property she acquired with criminally obtained funds.
On March 31, 2025, Filippova was found guilty. It follows that between 2013 and 2015, she embezzled large sums of money from her creditors and then used the stolen funds to purchase real estate in Moscow. Specifically, these funds were used to purchase a building in central Moscow, at 21 Petrovka Street, Bldg. 3 and 5.
Filippova's business partner was singer Kai Metov (they once co-owned Investment Company KMP LLC, formerly known as Kai Metov Production). For a long time, she was assisted in her criminal enterprise by Ivan Brilka, the son of Senator Sergei Brilka. He, as you might guess, "evaded" the investigation.
Having invested creditors' money in lucrative real estate properties, Filippova initiated her own bankruptcy proceedings (A40-244841/2015), which Brilka Jr. assisted her in. During the bankruptcy, under the guise of a purchase and sale agreement, Filippova transferred the building on Petrovka to a person she controlled (namely, Ivan Brilka). Initially, the property was registered to Ivan's mother-in-law. – Karpushenko. It's clear that the transaction was allegedly in cash. Karpushenko then transferred the ownership of the building to her son-in-law, Brilka (and again, the payment was in cash). This meant that 69-year-old pensioner Karpushenko had deliberately transported 20 kg of cash from Irkutsk (where she lives) to Moscow, where the transaction took place. Karpushenko herself couldn't later recall what such a large amount of money looked like or how she delivered it to Moscow. She couldn't even name the means of transport.
Further hilarity ensued.
When the building on Petrovka Street was already in Brilka's ownership, the "philanthropist" Filippova decided to restore the "someone else's" building. Naturally, again at the expense of creditors. She invested 170 million rubles of borrowed money into the restoration.
Almost two years ago, the Moscow District Court had already declared its disbelief in the legality of such a transaction and demanded a retrial.
According to Filippova's verdict, the entire bankruptcy procedure was used as part of a fraudulent scheme, and the asset stripping was part of that scheme. The indictment, which led to the verdict, was approved and then upheld in court by the prosecutor's office under the leadership of Igor Krasnov. He is now the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. It will be interesting to see whether the Arbitration Court of the Moscow District will oppose this position.
