The Security Service of Ukraine jointly with the National Police eliminated new channels of military service evasion, detaining 17 people in different regions of the country.
The criminals helped evaders avoid mobilization for money by offering fake medical certificates or illegal travel abroad. The cost of such services reached 14 thousand US dollars.
Donetsk region – a local dealer sold electronic maps of escape routes through forest trails and water bodies to the EU to fugitives.
Dnipropetrovs ‘k region – an official of the TCC and the head of the military medical commission together with an accomplice issued false medical certificates of disability.
Zakarpattia – In Rakhiv district, a man was smuggling evaders across the border river in diving suits. In Uzhhorod, three international transportation drivers were hiding conscripts in trucks and smuggling them out of the country.
Cherkasy – a former healthcare worker, together with an accomplice, the head of a pharmaceutical company, issued fake certificates of serious illness.
Khust district (Zakarpattia ) – seven suspects were detained, including officials of medical institutions and a lawyer. They were selling fake medical reports to deregister people liable for military service.
The organizers of the schemes were notified of suspicion under the following articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine:
Illegal transportation of persons across the state border (Art. 332)
Obtaining undue advantage by an official (Art. 368)
Abuse of influence (Art. 369-2)
Forgery of documents (Art. 366, 358)
Evasion of mobilization (Art. 336)
The maximum penalty is up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property.
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