The court has sent to the custody the Former Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine
The court has chosen a preventive measure to the Former Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine in the form of detention without an alternative to making bail until January 30, 2025.
The employees of the SBI detained the Former Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine on December 2, 2024. He is suspected of building a "business" on the court decisions with other judges.
It was established, that the former judge, currently a lawyer, was a part of the criminal organization, which mainly consisted of judges, lawyers, arbitration managers, various court employees, etc.
They made "necessary" decisions for bribes, mainly in economic disputes. The organizer of the "business" is also a Former high-ranking official of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine, who illegally interfered in the distribution of cases and handed them over to "his" judges, that fulfilled the "wishes of the customers".
The servants of Themis put this process on stream, for a long time they actually made it impossible to make court decisions for most cases without bribes. Earlier, the organizer was put on the wanted list. He and a number of other participants in the criminal scheme were served notifications of suspicion, including for creating and participating in a criminal organization.
The work to find and identify all those who are involved to the activities of this group continues.
The Former Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine is suspected of participating in the criminal organization and participating in crimes committed by such an organization, and of receiving a bribe (Part 1 of Article 255 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, Part 2 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (as amended by Law No. 2341-III from 05.04.2001).
The sanction of the Articles provides for imprisonment for up to 12 years with confiscation of all property.
The pre-trial investigation continues.
Procedural guidance is provided by the Office of the Prosecutor General.
