SBU and National Police block 8 «evasion schemes»: 16 organisers detained
Security Service of Ukraine together with The National Police of Ukraine exposed and blocked eight new schemes for evading mobilisation and illegal border crossing. Based on the results of comprehensive measures 16 organisers of fraud were detained.
According to the investigation, the defendants offered «assistance» in avoiding conscription for bribes from USD 3 to 16.5 thousand.
Details of the exposed schemes
Kharkiv. The SBU Military Counterintelligence detained a contractor who offered mobilised people to escape to the EU through the forests of western regions, using «trackers» from the border to bypass checkpoints.
Lviv. The head of a unit of the Armed Forces training centre, who organised the SWAT channel, was detained: fictitious referrals for «treatment» outside the unit were issued through acquaintances in the medical unit.
Chernivtsi. Exposed. seven dealers, who, through their connections in the TCC, forged documents on fictitious enlistment for military service.
Khmelnytskyi region. A local resident was selling fake certificates of Disability group III through acquaintances from the expert team (formerly the MSEC).
Zhytomyr region. Detained two TCC officials and their former colleague, who took fugitives off the wanted list for bribes.
Vinnytsia region. «A 49-year-old unemployed man was detained red-handed for driving fugitives to the border in his car and suggesting forest routes to Moldova.
Poltava region. The offender, together with a family doctor, issued fictitious certificates of serious illness of relatives to obtain a deferral allegedly due to care.
Donetsk region. The entrepreneur sold fake medical certificates from the MECs about «poor health» and enrolment in rear units, involving his friends and MEC and TCC officials.
Criminal liability
The defendants were served with notices of suspicion under several articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, in particular:
ч. 3 Art. 368 - obtaining an unlawful benefit;
ч. 3 Art. 332 - illegal trafficking of persons across the state border;
chaps. 1-3 Art. 369-2 - abuse of influence, obstruction of the lawful activities of the Armed Forces;
ч. 3 Art. 358 - forgery and use of forged documents.
The offenders face up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property.
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