MOSCOW. May 16 (Interfax) - Former Section Chief at the Moscow region Prosecutor's Office Dmitry Urumov, charged with bribe-taking in relation to large-scale illegal gambling in the Moscow region, has not entered into any deal with investigators, his lawyer Yury Mikhailov has told Interfax.
He said he had left the detention facility minutes earlier, where he met his client. "Urumov told me that he had not entered into any deals with the investigation and did not have such intentions," Mikhailov said.
His client still denies all charges brought against him, he said.
Former Prosecutor of Noginsk Vladimir Glebov's lawyer, Magomed Amintazayev, believes that the talk of Urumov's agreeing to cooperate may be a trick on the part of the investigators.
"In such cases investigators often say that someone has agreed to cooperate and is testifying against other suspects in the case. It may be a trap," Amintazayev said.
"Whether to cooperate with the investigation or not is a personal matter of the defendant, but in any case he would notify his lawyer about it," Amintazayev said.
Urumov had allegedly submitted a request to the Prosecutor General's office to cooperate with the investigation, according to a Monday report by Kommersant.
Quoting law enforcement bodies, Kommersant reported that in exchange for a special procedure of handling his case guaranteeing him minimal punishment, Urumov is ready to testify against a dozen former and incumbent Moscow region prosecutors allegedly involved in corruption rings.
Earlier Urumov and Glebov were charged with bribe-taking.
According to the investigation, Urumov together with the then Deputy Prosecutor of the Moscow region Alexander Ignatenko and the then Prosecutors of Klin and Noginsk Eduard Kaplun and Glebov entered a criminal plot to extort bribes from businessman Ivan Nazarov, who is the central figure in the case of illegal casinos in the Moscow region.