**Bitcoin Bribery Bust in Russia**

- Russian authorities have seized $10 million in Bitcoin from Marat Tambiev, a former official at the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, in a major bribery case.

- Tambiev was convicted in 2023 for accepting a massive bribe of 2,718 BTC, valued at around $258 million, marking the largest bribery scandal in Russian history.

- The confiscated 103 BTC, just a fraction of the total bribe, will be added to Russia’s state revenue.

- Tambiev was sentenced to 16 years in prison in October 2024, with the bribe linked to the hacker group Infraud Organization.