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Russian investigator handed 16 years in jail for accepting 1,032-bitcoin bribe
Headline, Russian investigator handed 16 years in jail for accepting 1032 Bitcoin bribe published at 643 PM UTC, October 8, 2024 on Protos.com. Russia has sentenced a former chief investigator to 16 years in jail after he was caught accepting a 1032 Bitcoin bribe, now worth $65 million from a group of hackers. Marat Tambiev was accused last year of accepting the Bitcoin bribe from a duo involved with the in-fraud organization hacking group he was investigating while working for the investigative committee of Russia. As part of the deal, Tambiev agreed not to confiscate the group's illegally obtained Bitcoin. He subsequently received half of the illegal assets on April 7, 2022. In 2023, Russian authorities discovered the Bitcoin on a Mac under a file-labeled pension. Authorities deduced that the sum made no sense given his job could have only made him 11.7 million rubles, $144,000. Tambiev reportedly denies the charges and claims he was framed. He intends to appeal the sentencing alongside Christina Lyakovenko, a colleague who was jailed for nine years for her role in the same case. This recording was AI-generated. Get more crypto News at Protos.com.