SSU detains Kyiv RSA deputy over draft evasion scheme
The Security Service of Ukraine announced that they had uncovered a large-scale mobilization evasion scheme in Kyiv. The first deputy head of one of the Kyiv district state administrations was detained on suspicion of involvement in the scheme.
This was reported by the press service of the SSU. According to the investigation, the official forged documents and fictitiously "enrolled" men in military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and later organized their deregistration from military records based on fabricated medical diagnoses.
The cost of such a "service" was from 15 to 20 thousand US dollars.
To organize the transaction, the defendant used his own connections in the district TCP, and to prepare the forgeries, he recruited an accomplice.
SBU officers detained two suspects — an official and his alleged accomplice.
During searches, the detainees were found to have forged medical and military registration documents, military unit seals, and smartphones containing evidence of a criminal scheme.
They were informed of suspicion under Part 3, 5 of Article 27, Part 2 of Article 28, Part 4 of Article 409 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - organization and aiding in evasion of military service by self-mutilation or in another way, committed by prior conspiracy by a group of persons under martial law.
Law enforcement agencies traditionally do not name the suspects. According to sources from RBC-Ukraine, the suspect is Oleksandr Smyk, the first deputy head of the Solomyansk district state administration in Kyiv.
As a reminder, we previously reported that over $300,000 was found in the possession of the head of the MMC in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
We also wrote that the ex-rector of the DNMU was convicted of taking a bribe in the form of two cars.
