Yuri Novak
Anti-corruption law enforcement agencies opened to the defense side the case materials against the head of one of the Poltava courts.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office have completed the investigation of the case on suspicion of the head of the Leninsky District Court of Poltava, Yuri Novak, of inciting a judge to bribe, fraud and false declaration, writes Word and deed.
This was reported by the press service of SAP.
“On January 26, 2023, the SAPO prosecutor decided to complete the pre-trial investigation in the case against the head of one of the district courts of Poltava, suspected of committing a number of corruption crimes, including obtaining 10 thousand dollars in unlawful benefits, fraud and declaring false information (part 2 article 15, part 4, article 27, part 3, article 369, part 3, article 190 and part 1, article 366-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). To date, NABU detectives have been instructed to open the case materials to the defense side for review.“, the prosecutor’s office informs.
As you know, VAKS determined 910 thousand UAH. pledge Judge Novak. He was also assigned the following duties: to come to the detective, the prosecutor, the investigating judge, the court on demand; not to leave Poltava and the Poltava region without permission; notify the detective, the prosecutor, the investigating judge, the court of a change in their place of residence and place of work; to refrain from any contact with witnesses and to deposit their passports.
Yuri Novak: Poltava judge asked for a bribe for a colleague
Recall, NABU and SAPO reported about suspicion head of the Leninsky District Court of Poltava Novak. In the course of the pre-trial investigation, it was established that the said judge, referring to his acquaintances with the judges of Poltava, having the intent to embezzle someone else’s property, persuaded the person to provide an unlawful benefit to the judge of another Poltava court for satisfying a claim in a civil case. The judge assured that he could get a judgment in his favor only for an unlawful benefit in the amount of 10,000 US dollars. However, as it turned out, he did not try to transfer these funds for resolving the issue, but disposed of them at his own discretion.
In addition, it was established that the judge entered deliberately false information into the declaration of a person authorized to perform the functions of the state or local government for 2020, without indicating information about the apartment and parking space in Poltava, as well as the car that he directly used, but the ownership was issued to his relatives.
