The prosecutor's office of the Volgograd region accused the former operative of the drug control service and his trainee in the sale of narcotic substances and the laundering of illegal income on a large scale through cryptocurrency. This is stated on the official website of the department.

Thus, the accused began his activities in 2016 after being dismissed from law enforcement. To her, he drew his former trainee.

"Between January and November 2017, accomplices, using the Internet, sold potent synthetic drugs and psychotropic substances in the territory of Volgograd and Volgograd Region (Volzhsky, Kamyshin)," the prosecutor's office said.

During these months, the attackers received more than 15.5 million rubles, which they transferred to cryptocurrency, and then cashed it.

A former employee of the authorities denies his guilt. Expect the court decision, he will be in custody.

At the same time, his accomplice, fully admitted guilt, was sentenced to nine years in prison in a penal colony, where he is currently serving a sentence.

Recall that in April the Kirovsky District Court of Kazan issued a verdict in a Bitcoin fraud case against three residents of Yoshkar-Ola and Kazan, who extorted cryptocurrency under the guise of police.

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