A couple of months after the initiation of the bribe case, it turned out that the suspect had saved 1032 BTC for his old age. On the detainee’s laptop was a folder called “Pension”, which contained a photograph of a paper sheet with codes for accessing two cryptocurrency wallets. One of them held 932.1 bitcoins, while the other held 100 bitcoins.
However, lawyer Vadim Bagaturia posted a post where he cites the testimony of one of the members of the group, whose case was handled by Tambiev. Withdrawn and declared sums do not converge. There should be not 1032 bitcoins in the file, and not even 2064, if we take into account the half that went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
“The bribe was 2718.66 bitcoins! Unless, of course, you believe the testimony of the co-owner of the crypt who gave the bribe,” writes Bagaturia.
The lawyer recalls: Tambiev demanded from those who gave a bribe about half of all their 5212 bitcoins and Dash. Namely 2718 bitcoins. Half of this half, or 1358 bitcoins, Tambiev, according to the testimony, kept himself.
“Bergman testified under oath that the investigator received 2,718 bitcoins as a bribe, and the Prosecutor General’s Office filed a lawsuit for 1,032 bitcoins. Why is the plaintiff not trying to foreclose on the remaining 1,686 bitcoins, or almost $42 million – have they been forgiven, written off or what?!”, the lawyer is indignant.
In early June, it was reported that a criminal case was opened against the bankruptcy trustee from Tatarstan, Emil Khalimov, for extorting a bribe, part of which he received in cryptocurrencies.
Source: Bits
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