Ex-employee of the Prosecutor General's Office, who extorted 9 million rubles for closing a criminal case, received five years
The Tverskoy Court of Moscow sentenced Kazbek Gichiev, a former employee of the Prosecutor General's Office, to five years in a penal colony, according to the website of the Investigative Committee. The court found that from December 2008 to May 2009, Gichiev, using his official position, fraudulently received more than 9 million rubles from the victims, promising to "assist them in not being held criminally liable." The court also ordered the former prosecutor to pay damages to the victims.