Senior IC investigator of especially important cases arrested for a bribe in $50 thousand – TASS

MOSCOW, December 6. /TASS/. Senior investigator for particularly important cases of the Main investigative Department of the investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Sorokin arrested for a bribe in $ 50 thousand About TASS said the representative of the UK Svetlana Petrenko.

“the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against senior investigator for particularly important cases of GSU SK of the Lieutenant Colonel of justice Alexander Sorokin on the grounds of crime under part 6 St. 290 criminal code on the fact of receiving a bribe in especially large size”, – she said. The article threatens with imprisonment till 15 years

According to the investigation, “Sorokin received from the lawyer a bribe in the form of money in the amount of $ 50 thousand for the performance of certain procedural actions on criminal case pending in his production.” Sorokin detained and arrested. “The criminal investigation is charged with the first investigation Department of the Main investigatory management SK of Russia”, – said Petrenko.

Basmanny court of Moscow sanctioned the arrest Sorokin, told TASS press Secretary of the court Juno Tsarev.

“against Sorokin remanded in custody for a period of two months,” she said, adding that the court session was held on Saturday.

According to the Investigative Committee, a bribe Sorokin received from the lawyer.

SK the Russian Federation promises to promptly initiate criminal cases against their employees for taking bribes, rigidly reacting to the violation of the law.

As reported by the official representative of SK, “the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation always quickly and firmly responds to every violation of the law, including corruption in their ranks, regardless of rank, position and past achievements”. “While the leadership of the TFR never had any doubts, to initiate or not to initiate a criminal case against the employees if there were grounds,” she said.

“It is a constant work of prevention and detection of corruption especially in their own ranks is one of the main components of the Investigative Committee, which gives us not only a statutory but also moral right to react harshly to any facts of corruption, including employees from other law enforcement agencies and officials of any rank, regardless of positions and ranks,” – said the representative of Petrenko.