The work is devoted to the study of corruption. A model studies only monetary payoffs and is a hierarchical game consisting of two stages: embezzlement and inspection. For the constructed scheme, a particular example is considered for the case with 2 levels and 6 officials. As a result of analysis, for the players who are risk-neutral and maximize their payoffs, a solution was obtained as the Nash equilibrium made in the subgames: each first-level official exposes the boss during the inspection, and the latter gives a bribe large enough for the inspector to accept it. The second-level official also gives a fairly large bribe during the inspection. This equilibrium situation is pessimistic, because corruption is not punished, but causes even greater corruption. Prospects for further work - refinement of the model and obtaining other equilibria.