Prosecutors of the Prosecutor General’s Office have notified a judge of one of the district courts in the Lviv region of suspicion for receiving an illegal benefit and declaring inaccurate information.

The judge's actions are qualified under part 2 of Art. 369-2 and part 1 of Art. 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

According to the investigation, the suspect judge, using his official position, agreed to influence the officials of the district Territorial Centre of Recruitment and Social Support of the Lviv region for a monetary reward to release his cousin, who was taken to this Territorial Centre of Recruitment and Social Support in June of this year, from mobilization.

It is documented that the judge's niece transferred to him an illegal benefit in the amount of 8,000 USD (more than 330,000 UAH at the NBU exchange rate) to resolve this issue with officials of the Territorial Centre of Recruitment and Social Support. Using his connections, the judge ensured the release of his relative from the premises of the territorial center without making a decision on his mobilization to the ranks of the Armed Forces and personally took him to the city of Lviv.

It should be noted that within the framework of this criminal proceedings, the facts of the possible receipt of illegal benefits by officials of the district Territorial Centre of Recruitment and Social Support of the Lviv region under part 3 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine are also being investigated.

In addition, during the pre-trial investigation, the facts of the judge's entry of knowingly inaccurate information into the annual declaration for 2024 regarding the property of his family, which differ from reliable information for a total amount of more than 7.5 million UAH, were established.

Currently, investigative actions are being carried out with the aim of identifying and seizing physical evidence.

If proven guilty, the suspect faces a prison sentence of up to five years.

It should be emphasized that the illegal actions of the judge were directly exposed by the prosecutors of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office along with the SBI for the operational support of the Security Service of Ukraine in the Lviv Region.

Further, this criminal proceedings will be transferred to NABU under investigative jurisdiction.

Note: In accordance with Article 62 of the Constitution, a person shall be presumed innocent of a crime and shall not be subjected to criminal punishment until his guilt has been proved legally and established by a court conviction.

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In Lviv region, a judge was exposed for receiving an illegal benefit and not declaring property worth UAH 7.5 million