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2023: Former deputy general director of Izhavia received 12 years in prison for bribes worth millions of rubles

On December 4, 2023, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Udmurt Republic announced that the court had sentenced the former deputy general director of Izhavia. The woman, whose name was not disclosed as of the specified date, was found guilty of accepting a bribe and fraud and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

The case file says that the 54-year-old convict held the post of deputy general director of Izhavia for personnel and general issues. The investigation established that in the period from 2015 to 2018, she received bribes and commercial bribes from representatives of commercial structures "for committing actions in their interests that are part of her official powers, as well as actions that she contributed to due to her position." We are talking about receiving illegal rewards worth millions of rubles.

The court sentenced the former deputy general director of the airline "Izhavia"

The woman helped clients in signing various agreements, and also provided quick payment for transactions, unhindered drawing up of certificates of acceptance of work performed and services provided. In addition, she provided bribe givers with an advantage in concluding contracts, preventing competitors from such orders.

It is reported that by falsifying financial documents and acts of work performed, the convict appropriated money to Izhavia in the amount of 388.4 thousand rubles - as payment for fictitious transactions. Using the official powers granted, the woman illegally interfered in various ways in the financial and economic activities of competitors of bribe-giving organizations, in particular, prevented the payment of delivered goods.

The ex-deputy general director of Izhavia was found guilty of committing nine crimes under paragraph "a" of part 7 of Art. 204 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (commercial bribery), paragraph "a," "c" of part 5, part 6 of Art. 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (taking a bribe), part 3 of Art. 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (obstruction of legal entrepreneurial activity). The total amount of illegally received funds amounted to 5.4 million rubles. In addition to the prison term, a fine of 17 million rubles was imposed on the woman.^[1]

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