THE BOKOV AFFAIR: RUSSIAN HIGH RANKING POLICE OFFICIAL DETAINED, FACES $46 MLN EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES
The head of the CIS anti-organized crime bureau, Lt.Gen. Alexander Bokov, has been detained in Moscow on embezzlement charges, spokesman for the Russian Investigative Committee Vladimir Markin said on Wednesday. Bokov, whose 2009 registered annual income was one million rubles (about $33,000), has been accused of stealing $46 million. The official is suspected of extorting … THE BOKOV AFFAIR: RUSSIAN HIGH RANKING POLICE OFFICIAL DETAINED, FACES $46 MLN EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES