Two judges nabbed trying to bribe anti-corruption prosecutor Kholodnytskyi with $300,000. PHOTOS

The Prosecutor General's Office together with the Security Service of Ukraine have apprehended the chairman of the Kirovskii District Court of Dnipro and a judge of the same court who tried to bribe the head of the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office Nazar Kholodnytskyi.

Censor.NET reports citing PGO's special investigations department official Olha Varchenko.

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According to her, the head of the court with another judge of the same court who is suspected of committing a corruption offense offered a $300,000 bribe to chief anti-corruption prosecutor Kholodnytskyi for closing criminal proceedings against the latter.

"The judges were detained red-handed with a part of the sum - $50,000," Varchenko said.

She added that the judge who tried to avoid criminal responsibility was "under house arrest."

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The actions of the detainees fall under Part 4 of Art. 369 of the Criminal Code. They are faced with imprisonment for up to 10 years with confiscation of property.