St. Petersburg, Jan 18The St. Petersburg City Court dismissed a complaint against the arrest of the owner of the Rive Gauche perfumery chain, August Meyer, accused of embezzling 2.5 billion rubles, the city's courts' joint press service told reporters. changes,” the press service of the courts said. it follows that, according to lawyers, suspicions are confirmed only by an analysis of the bankruptcy case, which says that Meyer was a co-owner of Yulmart (it is this company that the criminal case concerns). «Meyer has no hope for asylum in the United States. He renounced US citizenship in favor of the Russian Federation,» the defense said. Together with Meyer, his wife Inna and business partner Elena Strelnikova are involved in a criminal case, January 10, 17:32The court arrested the apartment of the Rive Gauche owner's wife accused of fraud According to Kommersant, August Meyer, co-owner of Russia's largest online retailer, Ulmart, and his accomplices are accused of embezzling billions of rubles from Sberbank in loans shortly before Ulmart's problems began. Ulmart is a Russian retail chain specializing in the sale of technology, electronics and non-food products. In relation to the company, in June 2018, a monitoring procedure was introduced in court, and in February 2020, the arbitration of St. Petersburg declared it bankrupt. , 20:17Rive Gauche owner's business partner placed under house arrest
