Judge Honchar's Duties Extended to February 18

The High Anti-Corruption Court extended the term of office of Volodymyr Honchar, judge of the Kropyvnytskyi Court of Appeal, until February 18, 2025.

The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office accuses him of extortion and receiving illegal benefits. As is known, the Anti-Corruption Court applied a preventive measure to Judge Honchar in the form of UAH 1.01 million bail.

He was also ordered to appear in court upon each request; notify the court of any change in his place of residence and employment; refrain from communicating with certain individuals; and surrender his foreign passports. The SAPO prosecutor once again requested that these obligations be extended.

To grant the request of the SAPO prosecutor to extend the term of the duties assigned to the accused (Honchar – ed.) in criminal proceedings. To extend the term of the duties assigned to the accused. To set the term of the resolution until February 18, 2025 inclusive

Volodymyr Honchar is a figure in the EBK database.

As a reminder, the SAPO referred the case of the judge of the Kropyvnytskyi Court of Appeal, Volodymyr Honchar, to the court. According to the prosecution, the judge, through an intermediary, requested to provide him with an unlawful benefit in the amount of $10,500 for changing the verdict of the court of first instance and imposing a suspended sentence on the person who caused a road accident resulting in the death of a person. In order to conceal his involvement in the crime, the judge instructed the intermediary to both receive the unlawful benefit and store it.

However, the panel of judges of the Kropyvnytskyi Court of Appeal left the verdict of the court of first instance unchanged and sentenced the perpetrator to imprisonment. Since the judge was unable to ensure the fulfillment of his promise, most of the ill-gotten gains were returned. During a search of the intermediary's residence, detectives found the remaining illegally obtained funds in the amount of $450.

It was previously reported that the head of the Mariupol MSEC was caught taking a bribe of $5,000.

We also wrote that illegal assets were found on the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs service center.