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Ex prosecutor of Engels, Saratov Region jailed

A court has recognized the evidence gathered by the third department (based in the city of Nizhny Novgorod) of the Investigative Committee’s Directorate as sufficient to convict former prosecutor of the town of Engels, Saratov Region Vladimir Zubakin. He was found guilty of fraud under Part 3 of Article 159, bribery under Part 5, item “c” of Article 290 and abuse of power under Part of Article 285 of the RF Penal Code.

The court and investigators have revealed that in 2012-2015, while still serving as prosecutor Zubakin committed a number of crimes: fraud, abuse of power and got bribes for actions that were within his duty.

The operative support to the investigation was provided by the Saratov Region Office of the Federal Security Service.

The court has sentenced Zubakin to 8.5 years in a maximum-security correctional facility, a fine of 5 million rubles, confiscated from him 850 thousand rubles and deprived him of his ranks of advisor of justice.