Overview

• Marat Tambiyev, a former Russian state investigator, was convicted of taking bribes mainly in Bitcoin from an organized crime group he was investigating.
• The $73 million bribe is over five times larger than any previous bribery case in Russia's modern history.
• Prosecutors revealed that Tambiyev transferred more than half of the crime group's Bitcoin to his own wallets, with access codes found on his laptop.
• Authorities have recovered over a third of the Bitcoin linked to the case, but the remainder's whereabouts are unknown.
• Kristina Lyakhovenko, a colleague of Tambiyev, was also sentenced to nine years in prison, with both planning to appeal their convictions.