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Ex-Russian Investigator Gets 16 Years for $65 Million Bitcoin Bribe from Hackers

Oct 8, 2024, 10:55 PM

A former Russian chief investigator, Marat Tambiyev, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for accepting bribes of 1,032 bitcoins, worth approximately $65 million, from a group of hackers he was investigating. In exchange for the bribe, Tambiyev agreed not to confiscate their stolen cryptocurrency assets. This marks the largest bribe in modern Russian history and underscores issues of corruption within Russian law enforcement.