“The Moscow District Court of St. Petersburg issued a decision on the selection of a preventive measure in the form of detention in relation to August Meyer, accused of committing crimes under Part 4 of Art.
159 of the Criminal Code of Russia, for a period until February 7, 2022, "the message says.
Earlier it was reported that a court in St. Petersburg registered a motion to arrest the owner of Rive Gauche and co-owner of the Internet retailer Yulmart August Meyer.
The businessman is accused of committing crimes under Part 4 of Art.
159 of the Criminal Code of Russia for two episodes.
He is charged with fraud in the amount of 1 billion rubles and more than 1.4 billion rubles.