The total amount of money seized is yet to be confirmed exactly, but is believed to be around $122million
The home of Dmitry Zakharchenko, the Russian deputy head of the
Energy Industry Department of the General Administration of Economic
Security and Combating Corruption, was raided by the police and a
whooping $122million stacks of potentially dirty money was found and
seized.
According to a shocking report by Dailymail,
the acting head of Russia's anti-corruption agency, who allegedly
refused to comment on the huge sum of money or its origin, was arrested
on suspicion of abuse of power, obstruction of justice, and accepting
bribes.
He is pleading not guilty.
There was reportedly so much cash that investigators had to actually stop and find boxes big enough to but it all in.
Speaking to a Russian media outlet RIA Novosti, a source said: 'The
final amount is unknown. [Police] confiscated a cache only in
[Zakharchenko's] house; it is not yet known how many more assets [he
has], but we are working in this direction.'
There was reportedly so much cash that investigators had to actually stop and find boxes big enough to but it all in.
His lawyer, Yury Novikov, said: 'We are asking about two alternative measures: home arrest or 70 million rubles ($1 million) bail.'
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