Half a billion rubles were found by investigators during a search at the house of the head of the Penza region

"In the course of operational-search activities in the places of residence of Ivan Belozertsev, investigators found about 500 million rubles in a criminal case on receiving a bribe", - TASS reports the words of a source in law enforcement agencies.

The investigation insists on the version according to which Belozertsev received a bribe from the head of the board of directors of the BIOTEK group of companies Boris Shpigel and from the director of OJSC Pharmacy Anton Koloskov in the form of a watch and a Mercedes car, while the bulk of the funds was transferred in cash.

The governor of the Penza region was detained the day before. In the near future, a preventive measure will be chosen against him.

Boris Shpigel was also detained in the framework of a criminal case. It's worth reminding that he is known not only as a major businessman, but also as the former father-in-law of the artist Nikolay Baskov.

Also, in the Belozertsev case, two employees of the Penza Region representative office in Moscow were detained.