The Ministry of Internal Affairs commented on the scandal with the lost watch of cancer patient Lerchek by an investigator

The investigator who lost the watch and bracelet worth 14.4 million rubles to the cancer-stricken blogger Valeria Chekalina (known as Lerchek), who was investigating the case against her, was exposed by the internal security operatives of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, together with colleagues from the Internal Affairs Directorate for TiNAO of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation in Moscow. Official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk reported this to Lenta.ru.

According to preliminary information, some of the material assets seized as part of the investigative actions were not included in Chekalina’s criminal case as evidence.

According to the official representative of the department, they were stored in violation of the established procedure, which led to their loss.

According to Volk, law enforcement officers are now continuing a series of measures to establish all the circumstances of the incident.

Earlier it was reported that a criminal case was opened against a 30-year-old investigator who lost Lerchek’s bracelet and watch with a total value of 14.4 million rubles under Part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Exceeding official powers”).