The Prosecutor General's Office returned the case of ex-senator Gleb Fetisov to investigators

The Prosecutor General's Office returned the case of ex-senator and former owner of My Bank Gleb Fetisov to the Investigative Office to eliminate violations, the Kommersant newspaper wrote on Friday, citing sources in law enforcement agencies.

According to the publication's sources, the prosecutor's office refused to approve the indictment sent from the Investigative Committee in the Fetisov case, returning it for additional investigation to eliminate violations of criminal procedure legislation. However, the lawyers have not yet been officially notified about this.

“We filed complaints against the investigation, but so far we have not seen the papers and do not know the arguments of the prosecutor’s office, which returned the case for further investigation,” lawyer Samvel Karakhanyan told the publication.

A few days ago, Fetisov was released from house arrest. Earlier, on August 14, the Presidium of the Moscow City Court satisfied the proposal of the Prosecutor General's Office to mitigate Fetisov's preventive measure and released him from the pre-trial detention center under house arrest. Before this, the Moscow City Court extended Fetisov’s arrest until August 22 and rejected the appeal of the Prosecutor General’s Office, which asked to release him from custody.

The former senator and banker was arrested at the end of February last year in connection with the withdrawal of My Bank assets. Investigators believe that in December 2013, Fetisov sold the bank without fulfilling his obligations to depositors for 6.5 billion rubles. In January 2014, the bank's license was revoked. Fetisov is accused of fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code).