Odesa Region Court Head Suspected of Taking Bribe to Dismiss Case
In the Odessa region, the head of a district court is suspected of receiving a bribe for closing a case of drunk driving.
This was reported by the Department of Strategic Investigations of the National Police. According to the investigation, the judge promised to close the administrative proceedings for 30 thousand hryvnias. He was exposed on November 7 while receiving funds that were seized by law enforcement officers.
The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office added that the administrative case concerned a citizen in whose favor the judge was to make a decision. Information was entered into the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations on November 6, and the judge was exposed the next day. The judges were informed of the suspicion under Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for five to ten years of imprisonment with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a term of up to three years, as well as confiscation of property.
We previously reported that the SAPO referred the case of $140 thousand for the development of Lutsk to court.
It also became known that a woman suspected of selling disability for $20,000 was detained in Kyiv.
