False trail

Police officers in Russia can be very smart when it stands to benefit them. If a business files a police report, rather than helping the business in its pursuit of justice, the police will often turn their attention on the company that filed the report itself.

They might examine the income of the company director, or look at his tax records or family relations. If a victim is wealthy, he will probably be seen by the police as nothing more than a wallet with legs. Law enforcement agents know that in Russia almost every wealthy man has a skeleton in his closet.