KIEV, Aug. 10 – Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and prosecutors of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office have caught judge of Dniprovsky district court of Kiev Mykola Chaus taking a $150,000 bribe, Nazar Kholodnytsky, head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, wrote on his Facebook page.

"Material evidence was taken at the site where the bribe was given [Kholodnytsky posted a photo with a glass can filled with bundles of U.S. dollar banknotes]. This is how some servants of the court store corrupt income. Despite the obviousness of the crime under Part 4 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine [a demand of a bribe by an official] that envisages imprisonment for the period from eight to 12 years with seizure of property, the judge cannot be detained and arrested, as he has immunity from jurisdiction, according to the Constitution," he wrote on Wednesday morning.