In Tatarstan, an investigator and a policeman are suspected of seizing 35 tons of meat from a businessman and selling it

In Tatarstan, the court arrested Vadim Karavaev, an employee of the Department of Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kazan, and placed under house arrest an investigator of the Republican Investigative Committee, Ilya Artemyev, and businessman Artem Murashov, reports the press service of the Investigative Committee . An investigator and a policeman are accused of taking meat from his competitor in exchange for a bribe from an entrepreneur and selling it.

According to investigators, at the beginning of October 2017, Kazan businessman Murashov told his friend investigator Artemyev that his competitor was allegedly illegally selling meat. Murashev offered to seize this meat and offered the investigator 600 thousand rubles as a reward. Artemyev brought policeman Karavaev into the case, who agreed to carry out the operation for 1 million rubles.

On October 20, meat products were removed from a warehouse in Kazan “as allegedly not meeting safety standards.” “Part was sent for safekeeping to Murashov’s acquaintance, and part was sent for sale to the city of Nizhnekamsk. In addition, the attackers prepared a fake act of destruction of products,” the department notes.

On November 27 and 29, the accomplices were detained by FSB officers. After the arrest of investigator Artemyev, he was fired from the Investigative Committee. Artemyev and Murashov admitted their guilt, Karavaev did not. As the Investigative Committee notes, Karavaev, Artemyev and Murashev, depending on their role, have been charged with fraud (Part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code), abuse of official powers (Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code), receiving a bribe (points “a” and “c” Part 5 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code) and giving a bribe (clause “b” of Part 4 of Article 291 of the Criminal Code).

"Version" names the name of the injured entrepreneur - this is Turkish businessman Cankal Bulent. According to the publication, 35 tons of meat were confiscated from him, the reason for the seizure was “the results of a fake inspection, which stated that the meat was contaminated with dangerous bacteria.” According to the documents, that part of the meat that the accomplices sold in Nizhnekamsk was destroyed.