Position: former chairman of the Western Economic Court of Appeal.
Sphere of corruption: judicial sphere.
Region of corruption activity: Lviv region.
Qualification: the actions of the ex-judge were qualified under Part 2 of Article 28, Part 3 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: at large, having been released from custody after posting bail set by the court in the amount of UAH 30.28 million.
Case story: in early December 2024, NABU and SAPO reported suspicions to the former and current heads of the Lviv Regional Economic Court. According to the investigation, the suspects promised to ensure the adoption of "necessary" decisions in court cases of the Western Appeal Economic Court for $1 million, as well as to prevent the contract killing of a whistleblower. During the investigation, detectives and prosecutors documented the transfer of part of the ill-gotten gains in the amount of $75,000.
Later, former head of the Western Economic Court of Appeal, Bohdan Plotnitsky, was informed of the suspicion of abuse of influence for illegal gain. He is the third suspect in this case.
On December 30, 2024, the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court applied a preventive measure in the form of detention with the alternative of posting a bail of UAH 30 million 280 thousand to Borys Plotnitsky.
After some time, Plotnitsky was released from custody after posting bail set by the court in the amount of UAH 30.28 million.
A bail of UAH 30.28 million was made for the suspected former chairman of the Western Commercial Court of Appeal, which was determined by the investigating judge of the State Criminal Court as an alternative preventive measure
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: Judge of the Lviv Regional Economic Court Vasyl Artymovych and former head of the same court Mykhailo Yurkevich.
Assets: the former chairman of the Western Appeals Economic Court last declared his assets and income before his dismissal, that is, on September 5. Therefore, the entered data covers the period from January 1, 2024 to August 18 of the same year.
For 8 months of last year, Borys Plotnitskyi earned UAH 1,975,000 in income, of which UAH 1,751,000 was a salary from the Western Appeal Economic Court. In addition, the former chairman received UAH 175,000 in pension and UAH 48,000 from renting out property during this period.
Plotnitsky's assets include UAH 2,444,000, of which UAH 2,400,000 is cash.
As for movable property, we are talking about two cars that are jointly owned by a husband and wife: a 2020 Volkswagen T-roc, which was purchased in 2020 for UAH 763,000; a 2010 Mercedes-Benz, which was purchased in 2023 for UAH 740,000. The year before, in 2023, the family owned another car, which was sold in July 2023 for UAH 740,000 – a 2019 Mercedes-Benz E 220 d 4MATIC, worth UAH 790,000.
The Plotnitskys also owned 14 real estate objects, including 7 land plots, 4 apartments, 2 residential buildings and one place for storing transport. Most of the real estate is jointly owned by the husband and wife. However, Iryna Plotnitska also owns two land plots and a residential building in the currently occupied Staromykhaylivka, which is in the Donetsk region, and she and her husband Borys have an apartment in Donetsk itself and in Alushta, while the former head of the court himself owns a land plot in Krasnohorivka.
Persons who should have reacted: law enforcement agencies responded in a timely manner to the criminal activities of Plotnitsky and his accomplices, handing them suspicions
Scandals: In July 2024, Borys Plotnitskyi was involved in a scandal over the decision to allow the privatization of the stairwell, which he made as part of the board.
Then the outcome of the case in the Western Appeal Economic Court refused to comment. As a result, activists and military personnel who disagreed with the judges' decision gathered at the institution. The board decided to barricade themselves in the hall, although they no longer had meetings. They even sent a secretary to find out what questions interested journalists and residents of the building, to which, apparently, they had nothing to answer. In the end, only one judge from the entire board dared to leave – Borys Plotnitsky. Then he categorically refused to take a polygraph to prove that there was no financial incentive to make a dubious decision.
Lawyers suggest that the individuals who had already tried to sell the house at one time were tempted to add about 1,800 square meters of stairwells, attics, and basement to the price. Therefore, they realized that the only way out was to obtain an unlawful court decision.
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