The head of the first department was detained for receiving a bribe on an especially large scale …

For receiving a bribe on an especially large scale, the head of the first department for the investigation of particularly important cases of the Investigation Department in the Tomsk Region Sergey Arefiev, who was investigating the case of mayor Tomsk Ivan Klein, was detained.

According to investigators, in the production of the investigator the department headed by the Arefiev, there was a criminal case on the fact of tax evasion by the management of one of the local companies. Wanting to get a bribe for its termination, Arefiev found an intermediary who brought the indicated information to the founder of a legal entity. In addition, Arefiev met directly with the executive director of the company and demanded that he be transferred to a bribe on an especially large scale.

The founder of a commercial organization appealed to law enforcement agencies with a message about the unlawful actions of Arefiev and his intermediary. In the direct transfer of a bribe on December 2, 2021, an intermediary, and later the Arefiev were detained.
Arefiev is suspected of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale (part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). In the near future he and the intermediary will be charged.

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The investigation intends to petition the court to choose a preventive measure in the form of detention,