According to the investigation, in the period from September to October 17, 2019, the suspects agreed to appropriate the funds of a familiar lawyer in the amount of 3.5 million rubles, in respect of which a procedural check was conducted.
“For the indicated amount, they promised the lawyer to influence the results of the ongoing procedural check and resolve the issue of not bringing him to criminal liability,” the department’s press service said.
Moreover, in fact, the persons involved in the case did not have the opportunity to influence this situation, specify in the UK.
On October 17, as part of an operational search, both suspects were red-handed while trying to obtain the required funds.
Earlier, the Presnensky court of Moscow arrested until December 18 Dmitry Smirnov, deputy head of the Russian Interior Ministry’s department in the Dorogomilovo district, and his subordinate, Sergey Ustinov, head of the criminal investigation department of the same region, on suspicion of fraud.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the start of an internal audit in connection with the incident.