The lawyer in the case of the Odessa judge pleaded guilty and made a deal
The case of the Odessa judge: the lawyer agreed to a deal with the investigation
On September 9, 2024, the High Anti-Corruption Court approved the plea agreement entered into by the lawyer, deputy of the Kherson District Council, lawyer Yevhen Berestovy in the case of fraud against Ilya Lonskyi, judge of the Primorsky District Court of the city of Odesa.
Judge Ilya Lonsky was mobilized to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and therefore the hearing of his case was suspended. At the same time, the second defendant in this case, deputy Yevhen Berestovy, entered into a plea agreement.
Approve the plea agreement concluded between the prosecutor of the SAP and the accused Yevhen Berestov in the criminal proceedings. To find Yevhen Berestovoy guilty of the crimes provided for by the third part of Article 15, the third part of Article 369, the second part of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
Yevgeny Berestov was sentenced to 4 years of conditional imprisonment without confiscation of property. He was released on probation for 2 years. The accused was also charged with the following duties: periodically appear for registration with the authorized body on probation; notify the authorized probation authority about a change of place of residence, work or study.
In addition, the court decided to return 134,200 hryvnias after the deposit made for Berestovoy after the verdict became final. The judges also removed the seizure from the NISSAN ROGUE car and the defendant's apartment.
SAP referred to the court the case of Odesa judge Ilya Lonskyi and lawyer Yevhen Berestovoy about receiving $2,000 in illegal benefits. According to the indictment, the lawyer demanded the specified funds from the military serviceman for allegedly helping the judge of the Odesa Maritime District Court make a positive decision in the case.
In the course of the further investigation, it was established that the lawyer involved the judge of Primorye District Court of Odesa, Ilya Lonskyi, in order to implement his criminal plan. According to the agreed actions, the lawyer had to incite the military serviceman to give an illegal benefit for passing a positive decision in an administrative case to another judge of the same court, receive an illegal benefit and transfer part of it to the specified accomplice judge. In addition, the lawyer informed the judge about the possibility of seizing part of the funds received from the person and provided for transfer to the judge.