The General Prosecutor’s Office of the Russian Federation approved an indictment in a criminal case against the head of the customs control department after the release of goods of the St. Petersburg customs of the North-West Technical Customs Department of the Federal Customs Service of Russia Oleg Gusev. He is accused of receiving a bribe through intermediaries in the amount of 20 million rubles for failure to take measures against a legal entity as provided for by customs legislation.
The investigation established that Gusev carried out customs control measures against Taller LLC. In order to evade administrative responsibility, the general director of this company, through intermediaries, decided to transfer a bribe to officials of the North-West Technical University of the Federal Customs Service of Russia.
Having accepted this proposal, Gusev entered into a conspiracy with the deputy head of the North-West Technical Department of the Federal Customs Service of Russia – the head of the service, Maxim Mamchur, who had the powers of departmental control. Customs officers jointly determined the amount of the bribe in the amount of 20 million rubles and the procedure for receiving it.
After the transfer of funds to Mamchur, customs control checks against Taller LLC were stopped.
However, subsequently the general director of Taller LLC and the intermediaries turned to law enforcement agencies, actively contributed to solving the crime, and therefore were released from criminal liability.
During the investigation, Mamchur disappeared and is currently wanted.
After the indictment was approved, the criminal case was sent to the Petrogradsky District Court of St. Petersburg for consideration on the merits.
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