“Yes, we confirm the information.

Arrested, is in jail-1 Irkutsk.

The investigation of the criminal case is being supervised, ”RIA Novosti quotes a representative of the prosecutor’s office.

The case is being dealt with by the Department for Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the Eastern Interregional Investigation Directorate for Transport of the Investigative Committee of Russia, he noted.

Reiljan is charged with large-scale fraud.

Earlier, a source told RBC that the ex-owner of one of the largest contractors of Russian Railways, Spetstransstroy, former deputy head of the Ministry of Construction, Yuri Reilyan, was detained last week, and the businessman is currently arrested.