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Russia has sentenced Marat Tambiyev, a former mid-ranking investigator, to 16 years in jail after he was caught accepting a bribe of 1,032 bitcoins, which is currently worth around $65 million, from hackers he was investigating.
When the bribe was first uncovered in early 2023, the 1,032 bitcoins were worth 1.6 billion rubles, surpassing Russia’s previous bribery record of 1.4 billion rubles, which had been paid in installments.
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