The newspaper writes that in Moscow, FSB officials arrested two prosecutors suspected of trying to get bribes of $1 million. “Kommersant”citing sources.
As reported, the security forces detained Maxim Kovalev, a former employee of the main personnel department of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, and Arkady Shvetsov of the Basmanny Interregional Prosecutor’s Office. According to sources, the operation took place under the personal control of Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov.
According to the publication, Kovalev, who previously worked in the department of internal audit and the prevention of corruption and other crimes, tried to influence the course of one of the criminal cases through Shvetsov. Suspected under Part 4 of Art. 291.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (mediation on large-scale bribery).
According to Kommersant’s information, Kovalev said he plans to share $200,000 of the $1 million with an intermediary lawyer and transfer the remaining $800,000 directly to Shvetsov to “solve the issue”.
The Presnensky court of the capital sent Kovalev to house arrest.
Earlier it became known that the head of the Judicial Department of the Rostov Region, Andrey Roschevsky. arrested in a bribery case.