Russian judge caught on a bribe of 50 million rubles

The Higher Qualification Collegium of Judges of the Russian Federation satisfied the submission of consent to initiate a criminal case. We are talking about the judge of the Lazarevsky district court of Sochi retired Sergey Bogdanovich. This was reported in the Supreme Court of Russia.

A criminal case is planned to be initiated under part 6 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. This rule concerns the receipt of bribes on an especially large scale.

According to the investigation, Bogdanovich acted through intermediaries. He suggested to the local entrepreneur, who was the defendant in his case, to negotiate. For 50 million rubles, the judge promised to consider the materials in a special order. As a result, he guaranteed a punishment not related to actual deprivation of liberty.

The parties discussed the terms of transfer of money. Half of the amount the businessman had to give before the start of consideration of the case on the merits. The remainder is after the verdict. To give the man time to raise funds, Bogdanovich postponed the next meeting.

The money was transferred through intermediaries. The event was carried out within the framework of operational-search actions. No other details are given in the report.