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The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP) have completed the pre-trial investigation in a criminal case involving four individuals who held or hold the position of Supreme Court judges. They are charged with receiving improper benefit for adopting a court ruling in the interests of businessman Kostiantyn Zhevhago, owner of the "Finance and Credit" group of companies.
As reported by the press services of the anti-corruption bodies, as of 13 November, at the instruction of the SAP prosecutor, NABU detectives handed over the case materials to the defence for review. The official statement notes: "The SAP prosecutor decided to complete the pre-trial investigation in the case concerning three incumbent judges and one retired judge of the Supreme Court, who are suspected of receiving improper benefit for adopting a ruling in the interests of the owner of the 'Finance and Credit' group," – it reads in the statement.
Within the framework of the case concerning former Supreme Court Chairman Vsevolod Knyaziev regarding a bribe, three active judges are named as suspects: Ihor Zheleznyi, Iryna Hryhorieva, and Zhanna Ielienina. Also among the suspects is retired judge Oleksandr Prokopenko. According to the investigation's version, these individuals received improper benefit in exchange for adopting a ruling that was favourable to businessman Zhevhago.
The investigation established that as early as 2002, Kostiantyn Zhevhago purchased 40.19% of the shares of a mining and processing combine from four companies. Over the following 18 years, the former shareholders did not approach the courts. However, they later filed a lawsuit with the commercial court, demanding that the securities purchase and sale agreement be declared invalid and that the shares of the combine be returned to them. Initially, the court refused to satisfy these claims. However, in 2022, the appellate court overturned the first-instance decision and declared the securities purchase and sale agreement invalid.
According to the case materials, to avoid losing the shares, in early March 2023, the businessman entered into a conspiracy with a lawyer from the back office at the Supreme Court. Between March and April 2023, with the assistance of another lawyer and a number of unidentified individuals, Zhevhago transferred $2.7 million to the lawyer. On 19 April 2023, the Supreme Court adopted a ruling in favour of the businessman. Subsequently, in May 2023, $1.8 million was distributed among the chairman and judges of the Supreme Court, – it reads in the statement from the anti-corruption bodies.
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