MOSCOW, August 20 (RAPSI, Olga Siverkina) – Moscow’s Basmanny District Court has refused on Tuesday to release former senator and banker Gleb Fetisov on 555-million-rubles ($15.5 million) bail or to place him under house arrest, RAPSI learnt in the court.

A judge has extended Fetisov's detention for a second time until November 22.

Official spokesman for the Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said earlier that Fetisov was detained on suspicion of having embezzled more than 6 billion rubles ($166 million) from the bank, and shifted the responsibility to repay his client's deposits to the Deposit Insurance Agency.

The Russian Central Bank revoked My Bank's license on January 31. Insurance payments to the bank's clients have been tentatively assessed at 6.5 billion rubles ($180 million). Fetisov sold his interest in the bank to private individuals who represented the interests of Russian and foreign investors in December 2013.

It was widely reported by Russian media outlets in late February that the Central Bank had filed a request with the Investigative Committee to examine the activity of Fetisov and the other ex-managers of My Bank.

The Central Bank's request mentioned loan agreements that My Bank had signed over the past three years with apparent dummy companies, as well as potentially irretrievable investments in assets and securities.

According to Forbes, Fetisov is also a co-owner of Altimo, a company that inherited Alfa Eco's food and commodities trading assets and now has major holdings in Russia's telecom industry.