Belarus Ex-CEO Charged with Accepting $1.2 Million in USDT Bribes

The Prosecutor General's Office in Belarus has sent a criminal case to the Minsk City Court against the former CEO of Belavezhskaye OJSC and a representative of several business entities.

The defendants are accused of accepting and giving bribes, specifically receiving bribes in USDT stablecoin from a representative of five commercial organizations between August 2024 and July 2025.

A total of 365,030 tokens were transferred to the former CEO, equivalent to $1.2 million or 1.2 million rubles.

The prosecution alleges that the bribe was given for organizing an uninterrupted supply of meat products in the required quantities and for purchasing wheat from the business entities for the agricultural sector.