Case description
The HACC found lawyers Andrii Kostyra and Anton Pynzar guilty of soliciting a $300 bribe to officials of the Prosecutor General's Office and the Fiscal Service.
According to investigators, during the investigation of the sale of counterfeit medicines, the SFS seized a large portion of property from the businessman, including expensive cars. Later, lawyers Kostyra and Pynzar conspired to give a bribe to influence officials of the SFS and the Prosecutor General's Office.
The defendants held numerous meetings and phone calls, promising that once they received the full amount, the seized property would be returned, and the case would be closed. The businessman refused to pay the bribe, and ultimately, the criminal scheme failed.
The lawyers were charged under Article 369-2, Part 2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. They pleaded guilty, and as a result, the HACC ordered each of them to pay UAH 93.500 based on the plea agreement.
Pynzar posted UAH 2 million in bail, which was transferred to UNITED24 under the Education and Science section. In addition, the lawyer is required to pay UAH 2.1 million for the restoration of schools and the arrangement of bomb shelters and generators.
Kostyra's bail was also transferred to UNITED24, and the convict must additionally pay UAH 800,000 for educational needs and UAH 2.5 million to the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation to purchase vehicles for the military.
