KYIV, Ukraine - The photos showed hundred-dollar bills laying in piles on furniture and jutting out of a safe - the results of what officials from Ukraine's main anti-corruption body said last month was a $2.7 million bribery scheme involving the chief justice of the country's Supreme Court, Vsevolod Knyazyev.
Last month, anti-corruption investigators said they caught Knyazyev "red-handed" receiving a payment of about $450,000 - a "second tranche of illegal benefits" in a corruption scheme potentially involving other members of Ukraine's Supreme Court and judiciary. The cash in the photos was found at his home and office, officials said. Knyazyev was arrested and dismissed from his position, and a criminal investigation is ongoing.