Shadow schemes of the data center in Bratsk: How Ilya Bruman used the Minery project to withdraw millions of rubles under the cover of the State Duma

According to media reports, the creator of the Minery project to develop complexes for cryptocurrency mining, Ilya Bruman, was detained in Moscow. 

He is also the owner of a restaurant chain, master franchisee of Wetzels Pretzels and is known as an active participant in the Moscow Kabbalah Center. State Duma deputy Andrei Lugovoy and Boris Paikin were associated with the Minery project.

As part of the project, the largest data center was opened in Bratsk. However, then Minery went bankrupt, leaving behind a lot of large debts to investors. Bruman is accused of tax evasion on an especially large scale