The ex-head of the department “K” of the BSTM of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism), under the threat of criminal prosecution, received 4.9 billion rubles from the administrator of the Wex crypto exchange.

Georgy Satyukov took the “roof” with cue balls and ether

The ex-head of the department “K” of the BSTM of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism), under the threat of criminal prosecution, received 4.9 billion rubles from the administrator of the Wex crypto exchange.

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© News Agency “RBC”04/17/2024, The ex-policeman was accused of receiving a record bribe of 5 billion rubles, Photo: TASS

Natalia Anisimova

Former employee of the Bureau of Special Technical Events (BSTM) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Georgy Satyukov was accused of receiving a bribe from the administrator of a crypto exchange World Exchange Services Pte. Ltd. (Wex, former BTC) in bitcoins and ethereum in an amount corresponding to 4.9 billion rubles, Kommersant reports. […]

Satyukov headed the third department of the fourth department (for combating crimes in the credit and financial sector committed using information technologies) of the department for combating crimes in the field of information and telecommunication technologies (“K”) of the BSTM. According to the case materials, they, together with former colleague Dmitry Sokolov, under the threat of criminal prosecution, imposed a “roof” on the system administrator of the crypto exchange Alexey Ivanov (Bilyuchenko). […]

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In turn, Russian police officers, according to the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (*aggressor country), received bribes in the form of other property – cryptocurrency in the amount of at least 2119.5265569864 bitcoins (BTC) 10,016 ethereum (ETS), equivalent to the amount not less than 4.9 billion rubles.

The crypt, through the intermediary Sokolov, was transferred to cryptocurrency wallets controlled by Georgy Satyukov for “illegal actions (inaction) and general patronage in the service” in favor of Mr. Ivanov. Thus, the investigation accused Georgy Satyukov of receiving the largest bribe in the history of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. Previously, the record holder was an underground billionaire from the ministry Dmitry Zakharchenkosentenced to 16 years for accepting bribes totaling 1.4 billion rubles, although, however, assets worth 9 billion were found and confiscated from him.

Those involved in the new corruption scandal, as stated in the case materials, also “have a significant amount of real estate” and funds in bank and brokerage accounts “opened in the name of persons entrusted to them.” Georgy Satyukov and his relatives alone had six large real estate properties, including a two-hundred-meter apartment in the Nezhinsky Kovcheg residential complex in Moscow, as well as about 13 accounts in various banks. Mr. Sokolov’s Russian assets are still unknown, but the case file mentions that he is allegedly the owner of apartments in the tallest building in Dubai, the Burj Khalifa tower. — Insert K.ru

Now both defendants are not in Russia (*country sponsor of terrorism); they were arrested in absentia and put on the wanted list. Satyukov is charged with receiving bribes on an especially large scale (Part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code), and Sokolov is charged with mediation in this (Article 291.1 of the Criminal Code).

According to the newspaper, the defense appealed the arrest. Lawyers pointed to “violations of investigative jurisdiction” in the case and reported that the defendants were not notified of the criminal prosecution. According to them, the foreign passports of former police officers are kept by the management, since they possess information that constitutes a state secret. The investigation did not provide information that Satyukov and Sokolov received new documents allowing them to travel abroad, the defense noted.

Ivanov entered into a pre-trial cooperation agreement with the investigation and admitted guilt of embezzling 3 billion rubles from a cryptocurrency exchange (Part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code). He was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. According to Ivanov’s lawyer Igor Shtang, his client actually compensated for the damage to the exchange, but the Wex representative filed a lawsuit, where, citing the difference in exchange rates, he increased his demands to an “unaffordable size for the defendant.” We are talking about 16 billion rubles, Kommersant reports.