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Head of area department of traffic police of Penza region suspected of fraud

08:46 | 16.11.2012 | Incidents

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Penza, 16 November 2012. PenzaNews. The fact of fraud committed by the head of traffic police department of one of the areas of the Penza region was detected in the course of the criminal investigation by the regional office of the Federal Security Service and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

According to the press service of the Ministry in the Penza region, the police officer received a large sum of money from a businessman.

“It was found that the head of traffic police department misled the individual entrepreneur in regard of his official powers, promising that he would supervise the victim’s entrepreneurial activity. However, the head of traffic police department did not manage to use the received sum of money for the reasons beyond his control,” explained in the department.

The press service noted that this fact is currently under internal investigation.

“According to its results, the head of traffic police will be dismissed from the department on defamatory grounds, and in respect to his immediate supervisors — the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the area, the head of police and his deputy — disciplinary actions will be held,” the press service emphasized.

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