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Former Russian Traffic Police Officer Sentenced to 7 Years for Stealing Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Bitcoin Through Coercive Evidence Collection

Former Russian Traffic Police Officer Sentenced to 7 Years for Stealing Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Bitcoin Through Coercive Evidence Collection

2025-12-27 11:53

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ChainThink report, on December 27, a former traffic police officer from Ufa, Russia, was sentenced to 7 years in prison for stealing approximately 20 million rubles worth of Bitcoin (equivalent to several hundred thousand USD). The case dates back to 2022, when the officer illicitly obtained access to the mobile devices of two detained individuals during an investigation, transferring BTC via messaging applications and encrypted wallets, accompanied by coercive evidence collection practices. The court imposed a standard correctional facility sentence of 7 years, ordered compensation of approximately 20 million rubles to the victims, and revoked his police rank. (Bits.media)

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