In Ukraine, six schemes for evasion were exposed, among the organizers of which were TCC officials

Yelyzaveta Kovtun

The Security Service of Ukraine, together with the National Police, exposed six new schemes for evasion of mobilization and illegal border crossing by men of conscription age.

Points of attention

The organizers of the schemes were suspected under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which provide for up to 10 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property.
Ten organizers of mobilization evasion schemes were identified, who took bribes from 3 to 20 thousand dollars for assistance in avoiding the draft due to forged documents.
The organizers of the schemes used fake medical certificates and fictitious documents to avoid mobilization and military registration.
Among the detained organizers are officials of various levels, including a deputy of the city council and the former deputy head of the seaport.
As a result of a large-scale operation, mobilization evasion schemes were discovered in various regions of Ukraine, which led to the arrest of guilty persons and officials.

What is known about the exposed schemes for evasion of mobilization

According to the law enforcement officers, during a large-scale operation conducted in different regions of Ukraine, ten organizers of the schemes were detained.

They took bribes from 3 to 20 thousand dollars for assistance in avoiding the draft due to forged documents.

In Chernihiv Oblast, a deputy of the city council was arrested, who for money helped conscripts avoid mobilization by registering them as students of a local college, which gave them the right to deferment.

In the Khmelnytskyi region, the head of the regional TCC was exposed, who produced forged medical certificates in order to exclude men from military registration.

In Donetsk region, the head of the district military committee also "wrote off" conscripts on the basis of false medical documents.

In Sumy Oblast, two founders of a charitable foundation issued fictitious documents that allowed them to go abroad under the guise of volunteers.

In the Odesa region, the former deputy head of the seaport and an active employee of the institution sold disability certificates, involving local doctors in the scheme.

In Cherkasy, a recidivist was arrested who, pretending to be a military man, organized the "hospitalization" of evaders with fake diagnoses, which allowed them to be removed from the military register.