Infocom chief agreed to cooperate in investigation, put under home arrest

AKIPRESS.COM - Pervomay district court of Bishkek released Infocom SE chief Talant Abdullayev from remand prison and placed under home detention.
Abdullayev signed agreement to cooperate in investigation, according to public prosecutor.
Abdullayev will be under house arrest until June 15.
CEO of Infocom Talant Abdullayev, Deputy Chairman of the State Registration Service Ruslanbek Sarybayev, and State-Secretary of the State Registration Service Daniyar Bakchiyev were detained on April 16. Anti-Corruption Service accuse them of lobbying the interests of Lithuanian company Garsu Pasaulis LLC company in winning the tender for biometric passport blanks purchase.
Garsu Pasaulis won the tender with 940.15 million soms bid, but the minimal bid was offered in the amount of 686.772 million soms, investigators say. The difference in the sums was 253.377 million soms.
The State Registration Service said in a statement that no contract was signed with the tender winner Garsu Pasaulis, consequently, no damage was done to the state.