As it became known to RT, investigators are checking the possible involvement of a high-ranking police officer in receiving a bribe of 3 million rubles from Rostov-on-Don entrepreneurs.
According to the materials of the audit of the Investigative Committee of Russia, on February 27, 2020, the Investigative Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia opened a criminal case on embezzlement of funds in the amount of almost 26.4 million rubles from the accounts of LLC YugCvetMet (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of Russia).
However, this case, according to preliminary TFR data, could have been opened as a result of a showdown between former and current employees of the company.
The witness, questioned as part of the theft investigation, stated that the management of YugCvetMet LLC allegedly transferred 3 million rubles to Yevgeny Kovgan “for patronage in conducting the audit and deciding to institute criminal proceedings”.
Currently, the Southern Investigation Directorate for Transport of the UK is checking Colonel Kovgan for the commission of a crime under Part 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code (“Receiving a bribe on an especially large scale by a person holding a public position”).
Kovgan has been working in law enforcement since 1995. He has been the Deputy Head of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia on Transport and the Head of Police since July 2018.