Mykola Chaus, a former judge of the Dneprovskiy District Court of Kyiv accused of bribery, was convicted by a panel of judges of the High Anti-Corruption Court (VAKS) today, June 14.
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This was reported by the press service of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office.
It is noted that the court supported the position of the SAPO prosecutor and found Chaus guilty of committing a crime under Part 4 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code (“Acceptance of an offer, promise or receipt of an unlawful benefit by an official, combined with extortion”).
According to the court verdict, the former judge was sentenced to 10 years in prison with deprivation of the right to hold positions in the judicial branch of power for a period of 3 years with confiscation of property, the report says.
This verdict can be appealed on appeal within 30 days from the date of its announcement by filing an appeal with the VAKS Appeals Chamber.
In August 2016, NABU detectives exposed Chaus as taking a bribe in the amount of $150,000 (more than UAH 3.7 million at the NBU rate of that time). These funds were found in two glass jars, which the judge himself buried in the courtyard of his own house.
In the fall of 2016, Chaus fled Ukraine and was put on the international wanted list. In April 2021, information appeared about the abduction of Chaus in Moldova, where he was then. At the end of July 2021, he was found in a village in the Vinnytsia region.
The Chaus case has been heard at the VACS since November 2021. At first, he was under house arrest, in February 2022 a bail in the amount of almost UAH 718,000 was paid for him.
Source: Racurs
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