“The Kuibyshevskiy District Court ruled on the selection of a preventive measure in the form of detention in relation to Ivan Gromov, accused of committing crimes under Part 4 of Art.
159 of the Criminal Code of Russia ", - quoted by RIA Novosti.
Gromov and his brother Pavel are accused of fraud totaling 165 million rubles.
Earlier it was reported that Gromov, who had resigned the day before, was detained in a fraud case.
It also became known that United Russia will suspend the membership of the ex-head of the Kalininsky district of St. Petersburg.