March 28, 2017, Moscow- An entrepreneur who tried to bribe a Sberbank employee was detained thanks to effective interaction between Sberbank's Internal Banking Security Division and employees of the K Directorate of the Federal Security Service of Russia.

The CEO of a Russian company offered the employee of the bank a bribe to guarantee his company victory in one of the competitions organised by Sberbank. The employee filed an application with law-enforcement bodies with the support of Sberbank's Internal Banking Security Division. As a result, a special operation was launched.

The briber was detained when he was trying to hand over the money in a Moscow restaurant. A criminal case under Clause 4, Article 204 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Especially Large-Scale Commercial Bribery" has been initiated against him. He has been arrested and is facing up to 10 years in prison and a large fine.

"Sberbank has no tolerance towards corruption and fraud," said Stanislav Kuznetsov, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank. "The only result of attempts to bribe our employees will be a serious punishment for those who want to substitute honest cooperation with corruptive manipulations."

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