Deputy chief of Federal Penitentiary Service dept in Yaroslavl region suspected of taking bribe

YAROSLAVL. Feb 3 (Interfax) - A deputy chief of the Federal Penitentiary Service's department in the Yaroslavl region has been charged with taking a bribe, the Russian Investigative Committee said.

According to the detectives, the suspect took a bribe of 400,000 rubles from a local businessman seeking to sign contracts with the regional department of the Federal Penitentiary Service.

"A court upheld the detective's request to take the suspect into custody," the report said.