Overview
- Police detained Andrey Cherkasov and charged him under Part 4, Article 159 of Russia’s Criminal Code for alleged large‑scale fraud.
- A Moscow court remanded him in custody until January 27, 2026 at investigators’ request.
- Group founders Sergey Zhukov and Alexey Potekhin have been recognized as victims in the criminal case.
- The investigation began in November 2024 as a self‑redress case and was later combined with an attempted fraud probe, with investigators examining alleged December 10, 2024 takedowns of a Ruki Vverh! film on Kinopoisk, Premier, Ivi and Start.
- ‘Izdatelstvo Jam’ has been in bankruptcy proceedings since July 2025, and Cherkasov holds an 83.33% stake in the company, with the fraud count carrying a possible sentence of up to 10 years.