Search

Advanced case search
Success You track the case
Tracking is canceled You don't track the case
Error Verification error, try
again or enter another email
Track case progress
Get updates sent straight to your inbox

Case of lawyer Yaroslav Morochenets on aiding in the transfer of a bribe

Case of lawyer Yaroslav Morochenets on aiding in the transfer of a bribe
Start of the trial 7 May 2020
Date of verdict 25 May 2020
Instance HACC
Verdict type Indictiment
Punishment type Fine
Stage of criminal proceedings Execution of sentence
Case description Infographics Decisions from the Register

On May 22, 2020, the HACC found Rivne lawyer Yaroslav Morochenets guilty that he, as an accomplice, took a bribe for adopting the necessary decision; the funds were to be transferred to the head of the Volodymyretskyi District Court of Rivne Oblast. The lawyer was fined for this.

How did the crime happen? Morochenets agreed to become an accomplice to the head of the district court in the abuse of influence. Actually, the lawyer first suggested and then received UAH 10,000 of a bribe from a client for the head of the court Leonid Zakrevskyi to influence the investigating judge in the case of illegal deforestation. For this money, the investigating judge was to be asked to lift the seizure from the wood.

Morochenets fully admitted his guilt, and the crime was qualified under Article 27, part 5, Article 369-2, part 2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The court approved the plea agreement and fined the lawyer UAH 25,500.

 

Proceeding No. 52020000000000281
Case No. 991/3607/20
Date the hearing was scheduled 12/05/2020
Decision type Fine
Qualification
Article 369-2, part 2
Instance Key parties
HACC 07/05/2020 Panel of judges: Fedorak L.M., Maslov V.V., Strohyi I.L.
CASE OF LAWYER YAROSLAV MOROCHENETS
Execution of sentence

Lawyer Yaroslav Morochenets, as an accomplice, took a bribe for adopting the necessary decision by the head of the Volodymyretskyi District Court of Rivne Oblast. He was fined UAH 25,500.

  • February 7, 2020
    Morochenets received a bribe for it to be subsequently transferred to the head of the district court
  • pic
    February 21, 2020
    Morochenets and judge Zakrevskyi were served with a notice of suspicion
  • pic
    May 22, 2020
    The HACC found Morochenets guilty and fined him UAH 25,500.

Decisions from the Register

Case No. Court Decision date Decision type
991/3607/20 HACC 07/05/2020 On the appointment of a preparatory court hearing
991/3607/20 HACC 08/05/2020
991/3607/20 HACC 18/05/2020
991/3607/20 HACC 22/05/2020 Verdicts
991/3607/20 HACC 05/08/2020