Major General Ivan Popov, former commander of the 58th Army, said: TASSHe said that the investigation against him within the framework of a criminal case on fraud and forgery did not establish any addictions, including monetary betting on sports, which the state prosecutor’s office announced at the beginning of the trial in Tambov.
“The forensic expert did not detect any addiction in me, including online money betting on sports results; the prosecutor cited in his conclusion as reasons that allegedly pushed me to steal, and I did not do this,” he said.
The general’s lawyer, Sergei Buinovsky, called all the accusations against his client “unfounded and absurd, based on the investigator’s assumptions, assumptions and fantasies.” The defense claims that Popov is innocent and that he also lent money to Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov (the main defendant, the case against him was dropped).
As the prosecutor explained in his speech at the beginning of the trial, Tsokov, knowing about the major general’s passion for betting, developed a criminal plan by bribing his wife with a car and convincing businessman Sergei Moiseev. Popov noted that Tsokov “really borrowed from him” the money that he repeatedly transferred to him to pay off his debt.
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Source: Gazeta
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