Case description
The NABU suspects two lawyers — Yurii Zontov and Yurii Donets—of inciting to provide a USD 100,000 bribe to a judge of the Kyiv District Administrative Court.
On April 7, 2021, NABU detectives detained two lawyers for receiving a USD 100,000 bribe. According to the investigation, they had to hand it over to a KDAC judge for making the necessary decision in a case of declaring a tax assessment notice illegal and canceling it.
Yurii Zontov is the brother of Pavlo Vovk, former head of the District Administrative Court. Yuri Zontov is also suspected of entering false data into the e-declaration. This was the first suspicion notice served after the restoration of criminal liability for false declaration.
Zontov is accused under Art. 190 (4), Art. 369 (3), Art. 366-2(2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Donets is accused under Art. 190(4), Art. 369(3) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
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