“The court decided to satisfy the petition of the investigation and choose a preventive measure in respect of Petrov in the form of two months of detention,” TASS quoted the judge.
It is noted that due to the fact that the preventive measure was chosen in absentia, the period of arrest will be calculated from the moment of detention or extradition to Russia.
At the end of June, investigators opened a criminal case on currency fraud against the founder of the Rolf group of companies, Sergey Petrov, as well as a number of executives. It was reported that 4 billion rubles were transferred from the company through an offshore account in favor of Petrov. He was put on the international wanted list.
Petrov himself said that Austria would not extradite him, since he is a citizen of this country.