St. Petersburg bought the victory in tenders bribes for 2.9 million rubles

St. Petersburg businesswoman won several auctions for the supply of packaging, offering a bribe to a confectionery factory in Voronezh. The total amount of bribery amounted to 2.9 million rubles. This was reported by the joint press service of courts in St. Petersburg.

The individual entrepreneur entered into contracts with a company that deals with wholesale paper and cardboard. Then in 2018, the entrepreneur turned to an employee of a confectionery factory responsible for procurement. The businesswoman offered to pay for the winning tenders for the supply of packaging.

Having received consent, from March 2018 to December 2023, all important tenders were won by a specific firm engaged in wholesale paper and cardboard trade and concluded contracts with a confectionery factory.

From March 19, 2018 to December 31, 2021, the entrepreneur transferred 1.9 million rubles through a third party to the card of the factory responsible for public procurement. From February 28, 2022 to December 29, 2023, she sent another 973.8 thousand rubles to the card of a relative of an employee of the confectionery organization who did not know about her criminal actions.

In November, the businesswoman was detained and charged with commercial bribery. Krasnogvardeysky district court chose her measure of restraint in the form of house arrest.