Russia (bbabo.net), - The St. Petersburg City Court dismissed the appeal against the house arrest measure of restraint, chosen against the wife of the owner of the Rive Gauche cosmetics chain, August Meyer. As explained in the joint press service of the courts of the Northern capital, both spouses are suspected of fraud.

The position of the lawyers was that no evidence was presented to the court of first instance that Irina Meyer was involved in the crimes she was charged with. On this basis, the measure of restraint was asked to be canceled or at least softened. However, at the time of its determination, the Moskovskiy District Court took into account the point of view of the investigation, and the City Court also upheld it.

- Meyer does not work, has no official source of income, is a citizen of two foreign states, has repeatedly traveled outside the Russian Federation for a long period, - the joint press service cites the prosecution's arguments. - These circumstances suggest that the woman can hide.

Irina Meyer pleaded not guilty. In the case of the spouses, there are two episodes totaling about 2.4 billion rubles. It is assumed that the funds were received for the development of the Yulmart household appliances retail network, which was also co-owned by August Meyer. Shortly after receiving the loan, the retailer ceased to exist.

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