Former head of drug control in Khakassia convicted of bribe in bitcoins

The Khakass Court sentenced the former head of the department for drug trafficking. He is sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment for receiving a bribe in bitcoins.

Former head of the department for combating drug trafficking found guilty 3 Articles 290 The Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "receiving an official of a bribe in the form of a different property in a significant amount" (The government of Bulgaria demanded a report for the withdrawn cryptocurrency) and parts 1 Articles 283 Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Disclosure of state secrets".

The investigation established, What at the end 2018 years ex-police communicated with the operator of an underground house drug store. The latter asked for the help of ex-police in the search and detention of the "layman", who stole some drugs. For this, the former head of the department was offered a reward in the form 52 thousands of rubles in bitcoins.

The policeman also shared data on plans for raids and searches with the operator of the online store, And this information is a state secret. At the same time, the personality of the operator of the online drug store was not able to establish.

The court sentenced the former policeman to deprivation of liberty for the term 8 years and a fine in the amount 156 thousand rubles.

In August, the head of the Main Directorate of Regional Security (Gurb) Moscow region Roman Karataev said, that the adopted law "On digital financial assets" (CFA) solve the problem of bribes in cryptocurrencies.

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