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| Dagestan investigator charged with extortion |
| 2022-04-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [KavkazUzel] The case of a former investigator from Makhachkala, accused of extorting a bribe from a suspect, has been submitted to court. According to investigators, the work of the employee was a criminal case of a local resident, who was suspected of extortion. In October 2021, the investigator demanded a bribe of 1 million rubles from the suspect, and in return promised not to prosecute him, investigators believe. Then, according to the investigation, the amount of the bribe was reduced to 700,000 rubles. However, a local resident turned to law enforcement agencies. On October 25, 2021, after receiving the required amount, the former investigator was detained, he was accused of extorting a large bribe (paragraphs “b” and “c” of Part 5 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), the Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee for Dagestan reported today on its website. The employee's case has been sent to court, the report said. Note that the maximum penalty under this article is twelve years in prison. There were no comments from the former investigator or his representatives regarding the indictment. The "Caucasian Knot" wrote that in September 2021, a case was sent to court on extortion of 24 million rubles from the director of a plant in Makhachkala by a former police officer who had been hiding from the investigation for eight years. |
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