Russia has sentenced a former chief investigator, Marat Tambiyev, to 16 years in prison after he was found to have accepted 1,032 BTC bribes, now worth $65 million, from a group of hackers. Last year, Tambiyev was accused of accepting BTC bribes from people associated with the "Infraud Organization", a hacking group being investigated by Russia's Investigative Committee. As part of the agreement, Tambiyev agreed not to confiscate the group's illegally obtained bitcoins. He subsequently received half of the illicit assets on April 7, 2022.