Sergeychik's arrest led to a scandal in the law enforcement bodies. On October 28, 2007, President Alexander Lukashenko signed Decree No. 540 "On incomplete service compliance". For violations of the lawfulness and inaction of this case to strict disciplinary responsibility, according to the Prosecutor General of Belarus Petr Miklashevich, "a number of employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and prosecutors have been recruited from the General Prosecutor's Office to the regional district levels".
