About this informs TASS with reference to the representative of the court.

“By the decision of the Basmanny District Court, the accused Pikhtin, Novotna and Antonova chose a preventive measure in the form of house arrest for the period until August 19,” she said.

Earlier, the court arrested entrepreneur Vasily Boyko-Velikiy, suspected of embezzling Credit Express bank funds.

According to the Investigative Committee, Boiko-Veliky and his associates are accused of more than 30 episodes of embezzling money from bank clients.