The Prosecutor General's Office has exposed a lawyer who demanded $14,000 to resolve a case in court
Law enforcement officers detained a lawyer who, according to the investigation, demanded 14,000 U.S. dollars from a company representative in exchange for an allegedly favorable outcome in a court case. He was notified that he is suspected of attempting to fraudulently acquire another person’s property.
According to the investigation, the lawyer represented the company’s interests in a case involving customs violations during the importation of a shipment of microSD memory cards into Ukraine. During the proceedings, he convinced the company representative that “additional measures” were necessary to secure a favorable ruling.
After the court refused to order the confiscation of the seized goods, the attorney, according to investigators, claimed that this outcome was achieved precisely because of his efforts, even though the decision was made independently of his actions.
He subsequently allegedly demanded $20,000, agreeing to reduce the amount by the amount of the fine imposed by the court. As a result, the attorney insisted on receiving $14,000 and planned to receive the funds through his own cryptocurrency wallet.
On July 15, 2026, a representative of the company, under the supervision of law enforcement officers, transferred the first portion of the funds to the cryptocurrency wallet. Immediately after the transaction, the attorney was detained in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.
He is charged with attempted large-scale fraud to misappropriate another person’s property—under Part 2 of Article 15 and Part 4 of Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
The court imposed a preventive measure on the suspect in the form of pretrial detention, with the alternative of posting bail in excess of 3.3 million hryvnias.
This was reported on July 20 by the Office of the Prosecutor General.
