A judge from the program “Hour of the Court” was sentenced to two years in prison for extortion of 80 million rubles

Zamoskvoretsky District Court sentenced Judge Elena Dmitriev from the television program “Hour of the Court” to two years in prison for fraud on a particularly large scale. This was reported by TASS with reference to the press secretary of the court Valentina Norbach.

According to the source of the agency, the reason for the criminal prosecution of Dmitrieva was her promise to provide legal assistance to a businessman who had a conflict with a business partner. However, as TASS interlocutor noted, the entrepreneur did not wait for legal assistance from Dmitrieva.

According to the agency, Elena Dmitrieva worked as the director of the Legal Directorate of the VGTRK, an adviser to the head of the TVC television channel, and later began to conduct the programs of the court and “The hour of the court. Family affairs ”on the TV channels“ Trust ”and“ Mir ”.