High-ranking employees of the LPR Ministry of Internal Affairs were detained. The Telegram channel writes that the reason for this is the initiation of an illegal case against the chairman of the customs committee of the republic plinth.
They allegedly forced one of the detainees to accuse a customs official of taking a bribe, according to Baza.
According to the investigation, the head of the economic security and anti-corruption department of the LPR Ministry of Internal Affairs Chernov, his deputy Ulyatovsky, the head of the LPR Ministry of Internal Affairs department for combating crimes in priority sectors of the economy Zubtsov and the LPR Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Lyashenko conspired to frame the head of the customs committee Afanasyevsky in September 2022 founded. They forced the detained person to give a false statement, claiming that he had paid “100 thousand” bribe to the president. They threatened this citizen with deprivation of parental rights, causing trouble to loved ones and living a bad life in a pre-trial detention center, the Telegram channel reported.
According to Baza, the prisoner eventually testified. He told law enforcement that he gave money to Afanasyevsky. A criminal case was filed against the customs officer under the article “Taking a bribe”. Senior employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were unable to complete the case because they were exposed. Colonel Chernov was arrested for two months, accused of abuse of power. Colonel Ulyatovsky was interrogated and a preventive measure was chosen in the form of a written undertaking not to leave this place.
Previously in Novosibirsk detained High-ranking officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the framework of the case of the illegal casino network in the city.