Two investigators in the Moscow region are suspected of a record bribe
In the Moscow region, in the Balashikha City Court, a criminal case has been opened against two investigators of the regional Investigative Committee. They are accused of taking a bribe, RIA Novosti writes. The amount of the bribe is amazing — more than 2.7 thousand bitcoins, which is currently a record amount in the history of criminal cases in Russia.
According to data from the court database, we are talking about an amount of more than one and a half million dollars and 2718 bitcoins , which in ruble equivalent is 7.3 billion rubles. Marat Tambiev and Kristina Lyakhovenko received them for extortion.
According to investigators, the defendants had been extorting money from members of the hacker group Infraud Organization for a long time. This group was engaged in trading stolen bank data of foreigners, which makes the case even more complex and large-scale. The first hearing in this case is scheduled for June and will be held closed to the public.
Major Tambiev, who headed the investigative department of the capital's main headquarters of the Investigative Committee for the Tverskoy district, was arrested in March 2022. Kristina Lyakhovenko was arrested a little later.
Information about the date and time of the hearing was not disclosed.