MOSCOW, February 6 (RAPSI) – The Dorogomilovsky District Court on Monday sentenced former deputy prosecutor of one of Moscow’s districts Julia Gorbacheva to 5 years in prison for attempt to give a 3-million-ruble bribe ($50,600) to a judge, RIA Novosti reports.

Gorbacheva has been also fined 3 million rubles. She was taken into custody immediately after rendering the sentence.

According to investigators, the former deputy prosecutor has tried to give a judge around 3 million rubles in bribes for mitigation of sentence for defendants in one of the criminal cases.

During investigation and trial Gorbacheva was under the house arrest.