State Bureau of Investigation arrests Justice Ministry employee and accomplice in fraud scheme
Nation3 August 2024, 12:35 AM
The State Bureau of Investigation has detained a Justice
Ministry employee and her accomplice on suspicion of attempting to defraud a
large agricultural enterprise, according to an Aug. 2 report.
The offender promised a representative of a regional
budget-forming enterprise that they would enter information about the right to
use agricultural land into the real estate register in exchange for $120,000.
The official reportedly enlisted her friend, a foreign
national, to pose as an “influential official” from the same Ministry and act
as a guarantor of the promises.
The suspects were detained after receiving the money,
according to the SBI.
They are charged with attempting to seize property through
conspiracy by a group of people, under martial law, and on a particularly large
scale.
If convicted, the defendants face up to 12 years in prison.