An employee of the anti-corruption department of the Saratov Customs refused a bribe of 190 million rubles.
The monetary reward was offered for assistance in ensuring unimpeded entry into Russia through the Ozinki checkpoint of cargo vehicles carrying goods in violation of the law, including unlabeled goods.
employees of the anti-corruption department of the Saratov Customs in the course of joint actions with the FSSB in the Saratov region detained a group of persons at the moment of transferring part of the money – 1,800 US dollars (158 thousand rubles in equivalent). The total amount of remuneration was to exceed 190 million rubles.
a criminal case was opened under Part 5 of Article 291 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (giving a bribe to an official for the commission of knowingly illegal actions by a group of persons by prior conspiracy on a particularly large scale).