ST. PETERSBURG, September 5 (RAPSI) – The leader of the Labor union of freelancers Vladimir Soloshenko has been arrested on suspicion of stealing 4 million rubles ($60,000) belonging to the organization, the St. Petersburg Directorate of Russia's Investigative Committee has told RAPSI.

According to the press office of the Federal Security Service’s Directorate for St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region, Soloshenko is also a founder of OneShopWorld company registered in Great Britain.

Investigators claim that between May 2016 and July 2017 the defendant acting as a founder and chairman of the freelance labor union embezzled the organization’s funds worth at least 4 million rubles.

Searches were conducted as part of the case in the union’s office and premises of Soloshenko and his alleged accomplices.