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High Anti-Corruption Court Sets Bail for Second Lawyer in Alleged $3.5 Million Bribe Scheme

The ruling deepens pretrial restraints in a politically sensitive probe into efforts to secure closure of a NABU case through illicit payments.

Overview

  • The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office said the court set bail of 2,119,600 hryvnias with procedural obligations for an attorney tied to the case.
  • Investigators allege an Office of the Prosecutor General prosecutor and lawyers sought $3.5 million to channel to anti-corruption prosecutors and judges to shut a NABU case using the so-called Lozovyi amendments.
  • On October 10, the court imposed bail of more than 4 million hryvnias on an OGP prosecutor suspected of involvement in the scheme.
  • The OGP reported that NABU detectives searched two OGP prosecutors under a court order, and one search produced no items of procedural significance.
  • The OGP raised a conflict-of-interest concern, noting one of the prosecutors is on a team examining potential misconduct by NABU detectives, including Ruslan Magamedrasulov.