[Russian official detained for accepting $28 million worth of BTC bribes] Golden Finance reported that Russian official Marat Tambiev was accused of accepting $28 million worth of Bitcoin as a bribe for not confiscating the illegal assets of the hackers he investigated. This is the largest single bribe amount ever recorded in Russia. Tambiev served as the head of the investigation department of the Tverskoy District Committee of Moscow. Authorities found 1,032.1 BTC in his laptop, which was confiscated during a search of his Moscow apartment a few months ago. The Deputy Prosecutor General pointed out that Tambiev received 11.7 million rubles (less than $150,000) during his tenure on the Investigative Committee. The fact that he owns $28 million worth of Bitcoin "indicates that he obtained property from sources other than those provided for by law." Tambiev received a bribe from the hacker group Infraud Organization Mark and members of the group Konstantin Bergmanov and Kirill Samokutyaevsky on April 7, 2022.
