The former head of the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption (UEB and PC) of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Amur Region was detained on suspicion of bribery.
This was reported by Interfax with reference to an informed source.
A criminal case was opened against the former corruption fighter under part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Receiving a bribe on an especially large scale”). According to the source, the policeman was fired for seniority before he became a defendant in the case.
Earlier, his subordinates were detained. In September, a group of employees of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Amur Region was caught on a bribe. They were suspected of receiving money from a representative of an illegal casino in Blagoveshchensk. Also, according to investigators, the police stole the property of a businessman.
