Position: former judge of the Pokrovsky District Court of Dnipropetrovsk Region.
Sphere of corruption: judicial.
Region of corruption activity: Dnipropetrovsk region.
Qualification: the actions are qualified under Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: at large.
Case story: in early October 2025, the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office reported suspicions against former judge of the Pokrovsky District Court of Dnipropetrovsk Region, Oleksandr Redko, of receiving $700 in illegal benefits.
The SAPO press service reported this, but did not mention the name of the former judge.
According to media reports, it was Redko. Earlier, the HIgh Anti-Corruption Court approved a plea agreement concluded with lawyer Serhiy Prytula and citizen Petro Lemeshka. Thanks to their testimony, Redko was found guilty, because the case involved an unidentified judge of the Pokrovsky District Court.
On October 8, 2025, on the instructions of the head of the SAPO, the prosecutor reported suspicion of receiving illegal benefits to the former judge of the Pokrovsky District Court of Dnipropetrovsk region. The judge's actions were qualified under Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
According to the investigation, Oleksandr Redko, a judge of the Pokrovsky District Court of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, received $700 for closing an administrative case on driving under the influence of alcohol. The funds were transferred through the mediation of a lawyer who used his acquaintance with the judge.
In particular, as the investigation established, by prior agreement with citizen Petro Lemeshka, lawyer Serhiy Prytula, using his status and acquaintance with the judge, agreed to close an administrative case pending in court for illegal gain. The lawyer's actions were qualified under Part 5 of Article 27, Part 3 of Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the citizen's actions were qualified under Part 3 of Article 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
On August 22, the High Anti-Corruption Court approved a plea agreement concluded with lawyer Serhiy Prytula and citizen Petro Lemeshka in providing an illegal benefit to a judge from the Dnipropetrovsk region (case No. 991/8039/25).
The court sentenced them to 4 years in prison, but released them from the sentence for a probationary period of 2 years without additional punishment. Lawyer Prytula and Lemeshko pledged to cooperate with NABU and SAPO in another case regarding the exposure of a judge of the Pokrovsky District Court of Dnipropetrovsk region. Prytula also pledged to transfer 50 thousand UAH to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Thus, on January 19, 2024, Judge Oleksandr Redko issued a ruling closing the proceedings in case No. 189/4328/23 on bringing Lemeshka to administrative liability under Part 1 of Article 130 of the Code of Administrative Offenses due to the absence of an event and the elements of an administrative offense.
It should be noted that on March 12, 2024, the High Council of Justice dismissed Oleksandr Redko from the position of judge of the Melitopol City District Court of Zaporizhia Oblast (seconded to the Pokrovsky District Court of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) in connection with his submission of a resignation.
In mid-October 2025, the High Anti-Corruption Court applied a preventive measure in the form of a bail of 80 thousand hryvnias with the assignment of duties to the former judge of the Pokrovsky District Court of Dnipropetrovsk Region, Oleksandr Redko.
On October 14, 2025, the investigating judge of the HACC partially satisfied the request of the SAPO prosecutor and applied a preventive measure in the form of a bail of UAH 80,000 to the former judge of the Pokrovsky District Court of Dnipropetrovsk region.
Redko was also given the following obligations: to appear upon every request; to report any change in his place of residence; to refrain from communicating with a certain group of people; and to hand over his foreign passports for safekeeping.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: citizen Petro Lemeshko and his lawyer Serhiy Prytula.
Assets: In his 2024 tax return, Redko indicated that he owns a residential building and a land plot in Melitopol. However, he currently lives with his family in a residential building in Zaporizhia.
In addition, Redko owns two cars – a Chevrolet Lacetti and a Nissan X-Trail (the total cost of the cars is UAH 240,000, according to the declaration of the former judge).
Redko's total income for 2024 was UAH 1,229,441. The ex-judge has UAH 1,798,914 in his bank accounts, and together with his wife, Redko also declared UAH 65,123.
Persons who should have reacted : law enforcement agencies responded to the corruption scheme in a timely manner, handing over suspicions to all its participants.
Scandals: Before the corruption scheme, Redko was not seen as a figure in other scandals.
Sources:
https://public.nazk.gov.ua/documents/a46c7a84-5f7e-4066-b3f4-90e6ae522e73