A teacher from Vitebsk is accused of bribery
A teacher from Vitebsk is accused of bribery, the head of the department for combating corruption and organized crime of the Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, Yevgeny Lapkovsky, told a BELTA correspondent.
The Vitebsk Regional Prosecutor's Office has sent a criminal case to court against a teacher of the Vitebsk State Industrial-Pedagogical College, who is accused of committing crimes stipulated by Part 1 and Part 2 of Article 430 of the Criminal Code of Belarus (receiving a bribe). The sanction of the article provides for imprisonment for a term of 3 to 10 years with confiscation of property and deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities.
As Yevgeny Lapkovsky explained, the teacher took money from students for favorable passing of mandatory control works, the grades for which were entered into the student record book. The case materials include four episodes committed in 2013 and 2014. The total amount of money received is more than Br14 million. The accused has been presented with a claim for the recovery of funds received as bribes.
"To prevent corruption offenses, it is proposed that the court consider the case in an open session with a direct visit to the educational institution," the source noted, adding that in 2014, a total of 179 corruption crimes were registered in the region, 75 of which were bribery cases.
Alena Tikhonova