Judge from Kyiv region, who had holiday in Caribbean under guise of a business trip, and lawyer who helped him to forge documents, will be tried - SBI. PHOTO
SBI officers, in cooperation with the SSU, completed an investigation into a judge of the Brovary City District Court who traveled abroad on holiday using forged documents. The investigation into the lawyer who helped him to make the forged documents has also been completed.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the SBI press center.
As noted, the indictment against the judge and the lawyer was sent to court.
What did the investigation find?
According to the SBI, the judge went on a cruise ship to the Caribbean during martial law.
"To do this, the judge, in collusion with a lawyer he knew, forged an invitation to allegedly participate in a conference in Vienna on assistance to migrants, families with children and orphans from Ukraine in the EU. On the basis of this forgery, the court issued him a business trip abroad," the statement said.
The judge is accused of fraud committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons, forgery of a document, and use of a knowingly forged document (Article 190(2), Article 27(3), Article 358(3), Article 358(4) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
A lawyer - in fraud committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons and forgery of documents (Article 27(5), Article 358(3), Article 190(2), Article 332(2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
What is the threat?
The sanctions of the articles provide for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 5 years.
Procedural guidance is provided by the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Earlier, Censor.NET reported that a bribe-taking judge was served with a new suspicion because he went to the Caribbean instead of going on a business trip.
