The prosecutor's office asked to sentence Kostygin and Avgust Meyer to

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8 years in a general regime penal colony with a fine of 900 thousand rubles each, and Inna Meyer, Fedorinov, Shnurov and Streltsova to 6 years each with a fine of 700 thousand rubles. The defendants were charged under Article 165 of the Criminal Code ("Causing property damage by deception or abuse of trust"). The defendants did not admit guilt and indicated that they had compensated the victims for the damage.

Earlier, Sberbank and its subsidiary, Sberbank Factoring, filed claims for 1 billion rubles and 1.3 billion rubles, respectively. But they were then withdrawn due to compensation for damages.

In the early 2010s, Ulmart was a major online retailer. It specialized hong kong whatsapp number list primarily in selling computers (including an online calculator for assembling computers), as well as other non-food products.

In 2016, a conflict began between the co-owners of the company. On one side, the conflict involved Dmitry Kostygin and August Meyer, who owned a combined 60% stake in the company, and on the other side, Mikhail Vasinkevich, who owned 40%. The parties began legal proceedings in the London Arbitration Court, which ordered Meyer and Kostygin to buy out Vasinkevich's share for $67 million. This decision was not implemented.

At the same time, the company was hit with lawsuits from creditors. In particular, Sberbank structures won lawsuits to recover billions of rubles. The Baltic Electronic Platform and the Sanation Consulting Group attempted to organize the bankruptcy of Ulmart. Subsequently, these structures transferred their claims to Big Box, whose CEO is the accused Elena Streltsova, and whose owner is Inna Meyer. This became the basis for accusations against Kostygin and Meyer of organizing a "controlled bankruptcy."

In 2017, Dmitry Kostygin was arrested on fraud charges brought by Sberbank. He was later placed under house arrest, and then the measure of restraint was changed to bail of 25 million rubles. Another creditor, VTB, also initiated legal proceedings against Ulmart and Dmitry Kostygin. In particular, in 2020, the British Virgin Islands court arrested Kostygin in absentia for contempt of court (the court had previously ordered the entrepreneur to disclose information about his assets).

In 2022, Ulmart was declared bankrupt and ceased operations. In 2021, August and Inna Meyer were arrested. The court placed Inna Meyer under house arrest, August Meyer remained in custody.

August Meyer is also a co-owner of the Rive Gauche perfume chain, the Lyubimy Kray confectionery factory, and the Lyubimy Kray household chemicals and cosmetics chain. Earlier, August Meyer and Dmitry Kostygin were co-owners of the Lenta grocery chain.