The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine sentences to 4 years in prison the Deputy Head of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine, who was exposed by the SBI on an attempt to give a bribe of 150 thousand USD to a collegium of judges

The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine has found guilty and sentenced to 4 years in prison the Deputy Head of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine and his accomplice, who tried to give a bribe of 150 thousand USD to the collegium of judges for changing the preventive measure.

The court also made a decision to confiscate half of the property of the convicts. A special confiscation of 150 thousand USD, which had been given as a bribe, was also applied.

It should be reminded, that the SBI exposed the official on an attempt to give a bribe during the investigation of the criminal proceeding. He was held in custody in a pre-trial detention center on the basis of a court order. The official decided to give 150 thousand USD through an accomplice to the collegium of the judges of the Kyiv Court of Appeal for canceling the decision of the investigating judge of the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv on extension of the term of detention and changing the preventive measure to night house arrest with wearing electronic monitoring device.

The defendant told his acquaintance to transfer the money to the judges through the executor.

The employees of the SBI stopped the accomplice's car, which was transporting the money. During the search of the car, the law enforcement officers have found and seized the entire amount of the unlawful benefit - 150 thousand USD.

For reference: based on the materials of the SBI, in November 2023, an indictment against the Deputy Chairman of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine was sent to the court. According to the investigation, he was directly involved in the illegal alienation of property worth over 138 million UAH.

It was established, that in 2019, the Deputy Head of the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine, together with other officials, made a decision on the illegal alienation of the building of the state resort balneological hospital in Kyiv in favor of a private enterprise. According to the judicial expertise, the total value of the facilities was over 138,3 million UAH.

The hospital, which was not a subject of alienation at all, was also sold at a significantly reduced price.

The official is accused of embezzlement of other people's property, abuse of office by a group of persons, committed by prior conspiracy, in a particularly large scale (Part 5 of Article 191 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The prosecution in court was supported by the Office of the Prosecutor General.