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Police officer and his middleman detained in Moscow over attempted fraud

The investigating bodies of the Moscow Main Investigations Directorate of the Russia’s Investigative Committee have opened a criminal investigation in a crime under part 3 of article 30, part 1 of article 159 of the RF Penal Code (attempted fraud).

According to investigators, in the period between September and October 2015, an operative of the Economic Security and Anti-Corruption Department of the Office of the Russian Ministry of the Interior for the Western Administrative District of Moscow received via an intermediary 3.5 million rubles for not revealing any violations during the check of a company.

At present the police officer and the intermediary are detained and are being questioned to find out all the details of the crime. Charges and restrain are expected soon. The investigation is ongoing.