Details of the scandalous detention of a former employee of the Bureau of Economic Security during the transfer of a bribe of $700 thousand from a financial company for influencing BEB detectives have become known.
Negotiations with business were conducted by the director of the security department of the Defense Procurement Agency, Alexander Bogatikov, who sent an intermediary to receive a bribe. This was reported by a source in the Office of the Prosecutor General
Let us remind you that yesterday law enforcement officers detained a former BEB analyst, and now an employee of the Security Department of the Defense Procurement Agency, for receiving $100 thousand - this was the first tranche for resolving the issue, so as not to bring to criminal liability representatives of a large network of currency exchange points. Subsequently, he was to be given another $600 thousand.
As you know, a month ago Artem Sytnik was appointed deputy head of the Defense Procurement Agency. And, according to Law and Business sources, he contributed to the appointment of A. Bagatikov to a new position.
Let us recall that Artem Sytnik was previously recognized by a court decision as a corrupt official and entered into the appropriate register under Part 1 of Article 1725 of the Code of Administrative Offenses “Violation of statutory restrictions on receiving gifts.”
In addition, as the media found out, after the occupation of Crimea, Sytnik’s family sold a plot of land there (B-65 in the Mirage garden society in the Nakhimovsky district of Sevastopol). In fact, A. Sytnik recognized Crimea as Russian, since the agreement was concluded on a Russian notary form according to Russian laws and paid taxes to the budget of the aggressor country. That is, he may be accused of collaboration.
Also, as Law and Business reports, Artem Sytnik contributed to the evasion of military service by Vitaly Shabunin, the head of the Anti-Corruption Center. Indeed, based, in particular, on Sytnik’s appeals, Shabunin was allegedly on a business trip to NAPC. Moreover, the agency subsequently disowned such letters. As a result, the State Bureau of Investigation initiated criminal proceedings against V. Shabunin for forgery of documents from the NACP.
“It is noteworthy that after the appointment of A. Sytnik to the Agency, Shabunin began to speak positively about the activities of this institution. The latter is also listed in the Register of Corrupt Officials,” adds Law and Business.
