Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation exposed the chairman of one of the city district courts of the Odesa region and a lawyer in extorting money from a citizen for allegedly accepting a positive court decision. This was reported in the press service of the GBR.
The head of the court, with the mediation of the lawyer, promised the resident of the Odesa region to ensure that the second judge makes a positive decision. Previously, the citizen's civil wife had already won a case in this court about debt recovery from the debtor company. However, the money was not transferred within a certain period of time, so she appealed to the court with a claim to restore the terms of presentation of the executive document.
At first, the judge and the lawyer planned to receive 700 from the citizen. hryvnias, and then reduced the amount to 6 thousand US dollars.
Earlier, operatives recorded the transfer of 3,5 thousand US dollars. GBR employees detained the lawyer while receiving the rest - 2,5 thousand. US dollars.
Law enforcement officials informed the judge and the lawyer about the suspicion of fraud due to the preliminary collusion of persons (Part 2 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). They may face up to three years in prison.
