Komi fraud case suspects took around 200 mln rubles in bribes - Russian Investigative Committee
MOSCOW. Jan 27 (Interfax) - Investigators have established that members of a criminal group set up by Komi ex-governor Vyacheslav Gaizer took bribes to the tune of almost 200 million rubles, Russian Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko said.
"Investigators have established a number of instances of bribe-taking by members of the group. In 2013 they took from businessman Y. Samoilov, as a bribe for general protection, two 25 per cent stakes valued at 160 million rubles in the authorized capital of the Avtotsentr limited liability company," Petrenko said.
These shares were then re-written in the name of the Hotel-Service limited liability company controlled by A. Chernov and thus legalized, she said.
"In 2008 Vyacheslav Gaizer facilitated A. Serditov's appointment as Director of Syktyvkarsky LVZ. In return, he and his accomplices took 37.5 million rubles in bribes from Serditov between 2009 and 2015," the spokeswoman said.
