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2022: Detention in a bribe case
According to RIA Novosti, Tambiev, who headed the investigation department of the Moscow headquarters of the Investigative Committee for the Tver Region, in 2022 investigated the case of the hacker group Infraud Organization.
It is reported that, as an investigator, Tambiev extorted a bribe from hackers, eventually receiving it in cryptocurrency. However, the accused complained about him to the Federal Security Service (FSB), and the investigator was detained on charges of bribery.
On June 3, Kommersant, citing the case file, reported that earlier Tambiev had received a bribe in bitcoins from hackers Mark and Konstantin Bergmanov, as well as Kirill Samokutyaevsky, corresponding to almost $24 million for not arresting their assets. Hackers later received suspended sentences for illegal circulation of funds.
The alleged bribe was found during a search of the apartment of a former investigator on Bolshaya Ochakovskaya Street in Moscow. He was found to have an Apple MacBook Pro laptop that contained a folder called "Retirement." It contained a photo of a sheet of paper with records of codes that allowed Tambiev to gain access to 932.1 and 100 bitcoins.
A hardware wallet with keys to access Tambiev's cryptocurrency was placed in the storage chamber of material evidence of the Investigative Committee of Russia.
2023: Confiscation of 1,032 bitcoins
The Nikulinsky court of Moscow confiscated a bribe in the form of bitcoins from the head of the department for the Tverskoy district of the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) Marat Tambiev. This was reported on June 19, 2023 in the Telegram channel of Moscow courts of general jurisdiction.
 | By a court decision, the digital currency in the form of Bitcoin in the amount of 1032.1 VTS (more than 1.6 billion rubles), owned by Marat Tambiev, will be converted into Russia's income, the Moscow courts of general jurisdiction said in a statement. |  |
The investigation of the case against Tambiev by June 19, 2023 has not been completed. Hackers received suspended sentences for illegal circulation of means of payment.[1]
2024
The state prosecution requested 20 years of strict regime for Marat Tambiev
On September 11, 2024, state prosecutor Nadezhda Tikhonova, during a meeting in the Balashikha City Court of the Moscow Region, demanded that Marat Tambiev, the former head of the investigative department of the TFR in the Tver District of Moscow, be sentenced to 20 years of strict regime. The man is accused of receiving a bribe in the amount of more than 2,718 bitcoins (7.3 billion rubles at the time of receipt) and $1.5 million - this is a record amount that has ever appeared in a bribery trial in Russia.
According to the investigation, according to the Kommersant newspaper, Tambiev took bribes in 2020-2022, holding the post of head of the Meshchansky Investigation Department of the TFR, and later - head of the Investigation Department of the Committee for the Tver District of the capital. The funds were transferred by members of the hacker group Infraud Organization for the adoption by the security forces of various procedural decisions, including in their criminal case.
Prosecutor Nadezhda Tikhonova said that the guilt of a law enforcement officer in receiving a record bribe "is not in doubt." The state prosecutor asked the court to find Tambiev guilty of receiving nine bribes on an especially large scale (part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), one bribe on a large scale (part 5 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), as well as in four preparations for receiving a bribe (part 1 of article 30 part 6 of article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and in abuse of office (part 1 of article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to the totality of the crimes committed, Tikhonova demanded to sentence the defendant to 20 years of strict regime with a fine of 500 million rubles.
It is noted that Tambiev himself categorically disagreed with the conclusions about the proof of his guilt, stating that all the arguments of the prosecution are "subjective" and "based on assumptions."
| | We did not cause a penny of damage to the state, but reimbursed the budget for more than 4 billion rubles seized from Internet fraudsters in the framework of the case, which was conducted, although it seems to everyone that we distributed them in our pockets, "Tambiev said.[2] | |
Sentence - 16 years in prison for a bribe of 2718 bitcoins
On October 8, 2024, the Balashikha City Court of the Moscow Region announced the verdict to the former head of the investigative departments of the capital's Investigative Committee for the Meshchansky and Tver Districts, Marat Tambiev. He received 16 years in a maximum security colony for a record bribe of 2,718 bitcoins.
According to Interfax, in addition to the prison term, Tambiev was fined 500 million rubles. He is stripped of his special rank - Major of Justice. For 12 years, he is prohibited from holding positions in government bodies. The investigation considered Tambiev's guilt in taking bribes from hackers proven, although he himself denies this. At the same time, lawyer Igor Kopenkin said that Tambiev did not have money for legal protection, pointed out the need to work free of charge and that one lawyer was not enough to effectively defend the accused.
| | I do not admit guilt in what I am accused of. I believe that in this story sooner or later justice will prevail and this story will be shown in a completely different light, - said Tambiev during the meeting. | |
The case also includes Tambiev's former colleague, investigator of the Investigative Committee Kristina Lyakhovenko. According to the case file, she illegally transferred the seized electronic media "to find the cryptocurrency contained in them and subsequently transfer it to the addresses of electronic crypto wallets belonging to Tambiev." Lyakhovenko was reportedly charged with one episode of a bribe, abuse of authority and falsification of evidence (part 3 of article 303 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). The court sentenced her to nine years in a general regime colony with a ban on holding positions in state authorities for eight years and the deprivation of the rank of senior lieutenant of justice. The woman also does not admit her guilt.[3]
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