The Tver District Investigation Department is investigating a criminal case against a 46-year-old native of Moscow and a 47-year-old native of Leningrad. They are accused of committing a crime under paragraphs. “a, b, c” part 3 art. 204 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
During the period from June to July 2022, the defendants, during repeated personal meetings and telephone conversations, informed the top manager of the Russian Information Technology Development Fund about their readiness to transfer him a monetary reward for organizing his consideration of applications from two commercial organizations out of turn, that is, in violation of the current procedure competitive selection for the provision of grant support by the Foundation, the amount of which is more than 700 million rubles.
The man reported the incident to law enforcement agencies and the criminal activities of the defendants were stopped during the joint work of investigators from the capital’s Investigative Committee and officers of the FSB of Russia.
The transfer of funds in the amount of 600 thousand rubles took place as part of operational activities in one of the catering establishments on 2nd Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street in Moscow, during which one of the accused was detained. The second defendant was detained in the city of Sochi. During interrogation, they fully admitted their guilt.
The court granted the investigation’s request to select a preventive measure for the accused in the form of house arrest. Operational measures are being carried out aimed at establishing other episodes of criminal activity of the defendants.
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