Dmitry Zakharchenko was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security correctional facility and slapped with a fine of around $1.8 million.
A Russian anti-corruption police officer has been sentenced to more than a decade in jail after being found in possession of $139 million in cash bribes.
Zakharchenko was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security correctional facility and slapped with a fine of around $1.8 million. He was found guilty of accepting large-scale bribes and obstructing justice, Tass explained. He was also stripped of all titles and state awards. His lawyers have said they intend to appeal the sentence.
However, the court said it was unable to confirm without doubt that Zakharchenko ever received the money, though Laushkin testified he had passed Zakharchenko the money via FSB Colonel Dmitry Senin. He was thus found innocent of this charge.
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