SBI Charges Deputy Commander of 110th Brigade Over Fraud Scheme

Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) reported suspicions to the deputy commander of the 110th separate mechanized brigade. He is suspected of making money from absent subordinates.

Since January 2024, the deputy commander has organized a mechanism for receiving money from servicemen who did not want to serve. For half the salary, such individuals could not appear for service. At the same time, some of them were even periodically issued combat payments

It is noted that the investigation is aware of at least 4 people who regularly used such a scheme. The losses to the state amount to over 2.2 million UAH, the State Bureau of Investigation emphasized. According to operational information, the number of participants in the scheme may reach dozens of people.

As the SBI reported, the deputy commander's illegal activities were exposed by his subordinate - he took a bag containing 1.5 million UAH from the suspect and handed it over to law enforcement officers.

In order to take revenge, the deputy brigade commander tried to blackmail his subordinate and submitted documents stating that he had allegedly left the military unit without permission with weapons, the press service added.

We also previously reported that employees of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) conducted investigative actions against the commander of the 211th Pontoon-Bridge Brigade of the Armed Forces Support Forces, Colonel Oleg Poberezhnyuk, who is suspected of abusing soldiers. Subsequently, the court arrested Poberezhnyuk for two months with the possibility of posting bail of more than 12 million hryvnias.