«Kommersant»: ex-investigators of the Investigative Committee will be tried on charges of record bribes
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The Balashikha City Court will begin hearing the case of the largest bribe in the history of modern Russia in June. This was reported by Kommersant.
According to the publication, the ex-head of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee for the Tverskoy district of Moscow, 35-year-old justice major Marat Tambiev, is accused of 10 counts of accepting bribes in the amount of over $1.5 million and 2718 bitcoins (≈ 7.3 billion rubles). The investigation believes that the person involved in the case tried to take another $1.3 million. The major of justice is also accused of exceeding official powers.
According to investigators, ex-investigator senior lieutenant 27-year-old Kristina Lyakhovenko is suspected as an accomplice. A criminal case was opened against her for bribery, abuse of power and falsification of evidence.
According to the case materials, in April 2022, the investigator received money from members of the hacker group Infraud Organization for a promise not to seize the hackers’ assets. Bitcoins were found on Tambiev’s computer in a folder called “Pension”. The person involved in the case and his accomplice do not admit guilt and deny receiving money.