In the Rostov region, a lawyer will be tried for offering to become an intermediary in the transfer of a bribe

In the Rostov region, a case against a lawyer who invited a relative of his client to become intermediaries in the transfer of a bribe was sent to court for consideration on the merits, according to the website of the regional department of the Investigative Committee.

The lawyer is accused of two counts of Part 5 of Article 291.1 of the Criminal Code (offering mediation in bribery).

According to investigators, in May 2016, the accused invited his client’s relative to become an intermediary in the transfer of 300 thousand rubles in bribe to the chairman of one of the regional courts. For this money, he said, a preventive measure not related to arrest will be taken against his client.

Later, the lawyer offered to act as an intermediary in the transfer of 4 million rubles, for which, according to him, she would be acquitted.

But the police detained the accused before he received the money. At the request of the investigator, the issue of depriving him of his lawyer status is being considered.