{"id":522705,"date":"2026-03-04T11:44:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=522705"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:48:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:48:48","slug":"bribe-taker-s-appetite-in-lida-grew-along-with-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/bribe-taker-s-appetite-in-lida-grew-along-with-his-career","title":{"rendered":"Bribe-Taker\u2019s Appetite In Lida Grew Along With His Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The Investigative Committee reported on a criminal case against an employee of a company in Lida. The 59-year-old man was accused of accepting bribes. Investigators noted that his demands grew as his career progressed.<\/p>\n<p>According to the investigation, the suspect had been receiving illegal payments since December 2024. While working as an employee responsible for accepting goods and monitoring quality, he received 1,500 rubles each month. In February of last year, the man became deputy director. In that position he continued to receive bribes.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cOver time the man\u2019s appetites grew, and in February last year instead of money he demanded a frame swimming pool, the cost of which significantly exceeded his \u2018fee.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>During operational and investigative activities, the scheme was uncovered. Investigators documented the total amount of illegal payments over 10 months \u2014 more than 9,000 rubles,\u201d<\/em> the Investigative Committee said.<\/p>\n<p>The director of the company who paid the bribes was released from criminal liability after voluntarily reporting the crime.<\/p>\n<p>The accused was found guilty. The court sentenced him to two years of restricted freedom and imposed a fine of 400 base units.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Investigative Committee reported on a criminal case against an employee of a company in Lida. The 59-year-old man was accused of accepting bribes. Investigators noted that his demands grew as his career progressed. According to the investigation, the suspect had been receiving illegal payments since December 2024. While working as an employee responsible for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/69a8000505f19.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Bribe-Taker\u2019s Appetite In Lida Grew Along With His Career"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-522705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}