In Gorny Altai, a member of an organized crime group was convicted in a case of bribery in exchange for a tax reduction

The buildings and structures for the future medical institution were sold to the republic's Ministry of Health in 2018-2019. The transaction amounted to 650 million rubles.

As reported by the regional department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, later the seller, a resident of the Chemalsky District, gave representatives of commercial organizations and the then head of the Interdistrict IFTS of Russia No. 14 in the Altai Territory a bribe of 37 million rubles. In exchange for the bribe, they were supposed to help him understate the income from the sale of the property complex.

Earlier, the Gorny Altai prosecutor's office specified that, according to the plans of the participants in the criminal scheme, the tax amount was to be reduced from 84 million rubles to 2.8 million rubles. The crime was prevented, by decision of the servants of Themis, the participant in the criminal deal was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment in a maximum security penal colony and a fine of 37.1 million rubles. The defendant's property was seized.

Another member of the organized crime group entered into a pre-trial agreement with the investigation; the case brought against him was separated into a separate proceeding.