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Head of investigation office of metropolitan police department detained

The Moscow Directorate of the Investigative Committee has opened a criminal investigation against deputy head of Lefortovo District Department of the Interior Ministry – head of the investigation office Anzor Shulai. He is charged with crimes under Part 4 of Article 160 (embezzlement), Part 1 of Article 286 of the RF Penal Code (abuse of power).

According to investigators, between August 2015 and May 2016, Anzor Shulai, while serving as the head of the said investigation office, used his position to steal at least 7 million rubles confiscated during an investigation conducted by him. In order to conceal the crime, the police officer inclined a victim in a similar case to give false evidence. The man was to testify that not 400,000 rubles, but 10 million rubles had been stolen from him and to forge a receipt.

The man refused to take part in the scheme planned by the police officer and reported it to law-enforcement bodies. The negative result of the crime was prevented thanks to the operations conducted by investigators of the Moscow Directorate of the Investigative Committee and the Interior Ministry’s Internal Safety Directorate.

The investigators are going to request a court today to place the accused into custody pending trial.