🌐 Former Russian investigator sentenced to 16 years for Bitcoin bribery🚨
Marat Tambiyev, a former mid-level Russian investigator, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for accepting Bitcoin bribes worth about $65 million. The bribe came from members of the "Infraud Organization" hacker group he was investigating.
While working at the Russian Investigative Committee (ICR), Tambiyev was responsible for investigating the organization, but was found to have accepted a bribe of 1,032 Bitcoins in exchange for not confiscating the organization's illegal assets.
According to reports, Tambiyev's crimes were revealed in early 2023, when the 1,032 Bitcoins involved were worth about 1.6 billion rubles, exceeding Russia's previous bribery record.
Investigators also found a folder called "Pension" in Tambiyev's Mac computer, which contained the wallet keys involving these Bitcoins. Although Tambiyev insisted that he was framed and planned to appeal, the court ultimately found him guilty.
💡 Conclusion:
This case not only reveals the role of cryptocurrency in bribery and money laundering, but also shows Russia's efforts to combat cybercrime and corruption.
Although Tambiev claimed that his actions helped the country recover some of the criminal funds, his defense was not accepted by the court.
This case also sounded the alarm for other potential corruption cases, indicating that even in the field of cryptocurrency, illegal behavior cannot escape legal sanctions
💬 What do you think of this bribery case involving cryptocurrency? Do you think the anonymity of cryptocurrency increases the difficulty of combating corruption? As cryptocurrency becomes increasingly popular, how should we strengthen supervision to prevent similar crimes?
