This was reported to Nevsky News by a law enforcement source.
Kharlashkin is a witness in the Metrostroy case, which he headed from the end of 2019 to August 2020.
Then the workers did not receive their salaries on time, and they were supposedly paid off from the credit funds allocated for the construction of the metro.
Meanwhile, RBC, citing two sources familiar with the case file, said that searches had been carried out at the official's place of residence.
Investigative actions were also carried out in the offices and residences of employees of commercial companies involved in the investigation.
In April 2020, by decision of the Frunzensky District Court of St. Petersburg, the former head of Metrostroy OJSC Nikolai Alexandrov was taken into custody as part of the investigation of a new criminal case on embezzlement.
According to investigators, the ex-head of Metrostroy ensured the signing of cession agreements on behalf of the company with Cyclone KZS LLC on obviously unfavorable terms in order to harm the organization.