Head of district department of Federal Migration Service suspected of corruption

The head of the department of the Federal Migration Service for the Georgievsk district of Stavropol Territory is suspected of taking a bribe of 400 thousand rubles, the press service of the regional Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia reported.

"On August 18, the suspect, through an intermediary – an archivist of the Federal Migration Service – intended to receive a bribe amounting to 400 thousand rubles for overall protection and failure to identify instances of foreigners working without a work permit on the territory of Georgievsk," Interfax quoted the report as saying.