“The court extended the detention period for all the defendants for 72 hours ... in relation to Anna Orekhova, Dmitry Nesterenko, Alexei Veselovzorov and Ivan Makarchuk,” the joint press service of the courts said on Telegram.
According to investigators, in the period from November 29 to January 30, more than 1 million rubles were stolen from the budget under the pretext of providing services for manual cleaning of the sidewalks of the Vasileostrovsky district.
Earlier, the governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov said that the city is reforming the system of cleaning streets from snow and ice.
On February 9, law enforcement officers brought seven people to the city police departments after searches about theft during snow removal.