In Moscow, they detained a man who introduced himself as a general of one of the law enforcement agencies and demanded 45 million rubles from a businessman. for the termination of a criminal case on evasion of customs payments. Now the pseudo-general has been arrested and charged under Part 4 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (fraud on an especially large scale).
“For several months he met with a businessman and demanded money for running expenses. Under the pretext of paying for business trips, conducting independent examinations and bribing officials, the self-appointed general received a total of more than 11 million rubles. After the transfer of the next amount, the suspect in fraud was detained by the police and the FSB of Russia in the city of Moscow and the Moscow region, ”commented the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk (quoted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs Media).
At the same time, Yulia Ivanova, senior assistant to the head of the Main Investigation Department of the TFR in Moscow for interaction with the media, told TASS that the suspect was detained on October 21. Now he is arrested and charged.
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