{"id":"01a0f958-34be-7231-992d-0424749213e3","age":60,"slug":"chaus-mykola-124c","isPep":true,"photo":{"url":"/media/persons/01a0f958-34be-7231-992d-0424749213e3/abcc4682-9013-4036-bc57-55b32e4f17b0-640.webp","credit":"Радіо Свобода (фото: Мар'ян Кушнір) — https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-suddya-chaus-vyrok/32458620.html","license":"усі права захищені"},"amounts":{"usd":{"alleged":"150000.00","complete":true,"established":"150000.00"},"byCurrency":[{"alleged":"150000.00","currency":"USD","established":"150000.00"}],"confirmedRatio":1},"summary":"Former judge of the Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv. In 2016 NABU caught him receiving an undue advantage of USD 150,000; he left for Moldova, returned in 2021 and was detained. In June 2023 the HACC delivered a guilty verdict; in April 2025 the Appeals Chamber of the HACC delivered a new verdict — 8 years 6 months of imprisonment with confiscation of property.","episodes":[{"id":"01a0f958-39b0-7bbd-ac56-88061e0fa958","title":"Extortion and receipt of an undue advantage of USD 150,000 by a judge of the Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv","status":"convicted","amounts":{"usd":{"rate":"1.0000000000","alleged":"150000.00","rateDate":"2016-08-09","established":"150000.00"},"alleged":"150000.00","currency":"USD","established":"150000.00"},"dateEnd":null,"sources":[{"id":"01a0f958-39bc-7ae8-90ce-578271ee21a8","url":"https://nabu.gov.ua/news/novyny-spravu-za-obvynuvachennyam-ekssuddi-dniprovskogo-raysudu-kyyeva-skerovano-do-sudu/","type":"official","title":"Case against a former judge of the Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv sent to court","publisher":"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2021-11-15","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f958-39c2-71dc-9bb9-564fb32a37d5","url":"https://nabu.gov.ua/activity/reestr-sprav/otrymannya-nepravomirnoyi-vygody-suddeyu-dniprovskogo-raysudu-kyyeva/","type":"official","title":"Receiving undue advantage by a judge of the Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv","publisher":"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2021-11-15","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f958-397f-76b2-aca6-736e3d7540c0","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWXEjGu0iHs","type":"ngo","title":"TOP corruption cases: what is happening now with Rozenblat, Nasirov, Chaus and others?","publisher":"Bihus.Info","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2024-05-18","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f958-39b6-7cbb-8849-70adcae44e10","url":"https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/eks-suddi-chausu-zmenshili-termin-uv-yaznennya-1743702953.html","type":"media","title":"Former judge Chaus's prison term reduced","publisher":"RBC-Ukraine","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2025-04-03","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f9ba-2843-77e4-b152-41a258cacf1d","url":"https://pravo.ua/ap-vaks-skasuvala-vyrok-ekssuddi-dniprovskoho-raisudu-kyieva-chausu-ta-postanovyla-novyi/","type":"media","title":"Appeals Chamber of the HACC overturned the verdict against former Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv judge Chaus and delivered a new one","publisher":"Yurydychna Praktyka (pravo.ua)","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2025-04-03","untranslated":[]}],"dateStart":"2016-08-09","caseNumber":"52016000000000073","description":"According to NABU (proceedings No. 52016000000000073), a judge of the Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv demanded and received an undue advantage (bribe) of USD 150 thousand (over UAH 3.7 million at the National Bank of Ukraine exchange rate at the time of the crime); on 9 August 2016 he was exposed, and part of the money was found buried in glass jars. Taking advantage of judicial immunity, he left for Moldova; in July 2021 he appeared in Vinnytsia Oblast and on 3 August 2021 was detained by NABU. On 15.11.2021 the indictment was sent to the HACC (Article 368(4) of the Criminal Code). On 14.06.2023 the HACC sentenced Mykola Chaus to 10 years' imprisonment with confiscation of property; on 03.04.2025 the Appeals Chamber of the HACC overturned the verdict and delivered a new one — 8 years and 6 months' imprisonment with confiscation of property and a three-year ban on holding judicial office (the appellate verdict enters into force upon pronouncement). According to the press service of the Appeals Chamber of the HACC, the appellate verdict entered into force upon pronouncement; it may be challenged in cassation.","disclosedAt":"2016-08-09","coDefendants":[],"untranslated":[],"courtCaseNumber":null,"statusUpdatedAt":"2025-04-03","criminalArticles":["ч. 4 ст. 368 КК України"],"dateIsApproximate":false,"investigatingBody":"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine","daysWithoutMovement":null}],"fullName":"Чаус Микола Олексійович","response":null,"birthYear":1966,"deathDate":null,"indexable":true,"updatedAt":"2026-10-02T01:42:26.026555+00:00","revisionId":"01a0fa46-e807-75ad-b050-f1087a46b5d5","connections":[],"citizenships":["UA"],"govPositions":[{"id":"01a0f958-3f70-7218-b718-d48a63a3a279","title":"Judge of the Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv","agency":"Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv","dateTo":null,"region":null,"sources":[{"id":"01a0f958-39c2-71dc-9bb9-564fb32a37d5","url":"https://nabu.gov.ua/activity/reestr-sprav/otrymannya-nepravomirnoyi-vygody-suddeyu-dniprovskogo-raysudu-kyyeva/","type":"official","title":"Receiving undue advantage by a judge of the Dniprovskyi District Court of Kyiv","publisher":"National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2021-11-15","untranslated":[]},{"id":"01a0f958-3f67-7970-b244-c31f7dd528cf","url":"https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%81_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87","type":"media","title":"Chaus Mykola Oleksiiovych","publisher":"Wikipedia","archiveUrl":null,"archivedAt":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-01","untranslated":[]}],"dateFrom":null,"agencySlug":"dniprovskyi-raionnyi-sud-mista-6998","untranslated":[],"appointmentType":null}],"nameVariants":["Chaus Mykola Oleksiiovych","Микола Чаус"],"untranslated":[],"fullNameLatin":"Chaus Mykola Oleksiiovych","primaryStatus":"convicted","officialStatus":"former","currentSituation":"unknown","commercialPositions":[]}