“I took it as a token of gratitude” – Judge caught with a bribe in Syrdarya sentenced to 6 years in prison
A judge of the Sirdaryo Regional Court for Economic Cases has been caught with a bribe. In exchange for money, he promised to resolve an economic case he was reviewing in favor of an entrepreneur. Along with the judge, a person who worked as the deputy manager of the Gulistan branch of "Agrobank" was also prosecuted.
“I took it as a token of gratitude” – Judge caught with bribe in Syrdarya sentenced to 6 years in prison
A verdict has been handed down to a judge caught with a bribe and a bank official in Syrdarya.
According to the court decision, 39-year-old E.S. worked as a judge for economic cases of the Syrdarya Regional Court, and 40-year-old D.T. served as the deputy manager of the Gulistan branch of "Agrobank". The two defendants knew each other beforehand.
The head of one of the LLCs in the region, dissatisfied with the decision of the Gulistan Interdistrict Economic Court to demolish a bus station building, filed a cassation appeal to the judicial panel for economic cases of the Syrdarya Regional Court. D.T. was acquainted with the head of this LLC.
Thus, the judge and the bank official conspired: D.T. convinced the head of the LLC that the court hearing was being postponed because he had not given money. He said he would resolve the case positively in exchange for 8,000 dollars. In turn, the judge illegally postponed the court hearing for the 5th time. Following this, on April 6, 2026, D.T. received 2,000 dollars from the head of the LLC.
Continuing his actions, the judge declared a recess in the court hearing on April 9, 2026, without sufficient grounds, because the funds were not fully paid. On April 13, 2026, D.T. received another 5.5 thousand dollars from the head of the LLC. E.S. immediately overturned the decision of the Gulistan Interdistrict Economic Court on the demolition of the illegal construction and resolved the case positively in favor of the head of the LLC. The obtained 7.5 thousand dollars were divided between them.
During an operational event conducted on the basis of the LLC head's application, 3,600 dollars of the funds were seized from E.S. and 3,900 dollars from D.T. as material evidence.
At the court hearing, the judge partially pleaded guilty and stated that he took the money not as a bribe, but as a material incentive.
"D.T. told me that the head of the LLC was his acquaintance, that the decision of the court of first instance was illegal, and that the building was not built arbitrarily by the company headed by his acquaintance, and asked for legal assistance in this matter. After that, I accepted the cassation appeal into my proceedings and scheduled it for a court hearing.
On April 13, 2026, I overturned the decision of the Gulistan Interdistrict Economic Court and announced a new decision to reject the plaintiff's claim. However, the arguments presented in the cassation appeal did not serve as a basis for overturning the decision of the court of first instance," the judge said.