(AsiaGameHub) – A Russian court has handed down an 8-year, 2-month prison sentence and a 12-million-ruble fine to Sergey Anokhin, the former chief executive of the betting company Fonbet.
The convictions were determined by the extent of each individual’s role in crimes involving corruption, acting as a corruption intermediary, and large-scale fraud affecting society at home and abroad. The attorney and the former police officer were given prison terms of 3 years and 6 months and 7 years and 2 months, respectively, in addition to monetary penalties. Other defendants were implicated to different degrees, depending on their agreed-upon roles in the criminal scheme.
Investigators state that Anokhin sought to block the handover of documents concerning his prior financial misconduct by bribing state officials, arranging a 60-million-ruble payment via go-betweens. One intermediary, cooperating with police in a sting operation, was arrested immediately after delivering the 60-million-ruble bribe.
The probe involved more than 30 interrogations and over 15 forensic tests on evidence obtained through eight court-authorized searches. Approximately 55 million rubles were seized by investigators during the process, with these funds subsequently being forfeited to the state.
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