The Nagatinsky Court of Moscow sentenced former traffic police inspector Ivan Rybin, who was found guilty of selling information via the Internet about journalist Daria Dugina, who died in a car explosion, to four years in a general regime colony.
The court sentenced the second defendant in the case, Daniil Chowdhury, to one year in prison, Interfax reports.
In addition, the court deprived Rybin and Choudhury of the right to “engage in activities related to posting appeals and other materials on public information and telecommunication networks, including the Internet” for three and two years, respectively.
Depending on the role and degree of participation of each, the defendants were found guilty of illegal collection or dissemination of information about private life (Parts 1, 2 of Article 137 of the Criminal Code) and abuse of official powers (Part 1 of Article 285 of the Criminal Code).
As the Prosecutor General’s Office reported, according to the investigation, from February to April 2022, Choudhury posted an advertisement in one of the instant messengers about collecting confidential information, and Rybin, being a traffic police inspector and having access to the Federal Information System of the State Traffic Inspectorate, decided to transfer the necessary information for money. As a result, in May 2022, Rybin, using a company computer, received information about Dugina’s personal life and sold it to Chowdhury for 3,350 rubles, and Chowdhury sent the information received to unidentified persons, the investigation believes. The defendants admitted guilt in court.
Source: Rosbalt
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