Lviv Man Suspected of Selling Fake Disability Status for $15,000
The SSU and police have detained a 30-year-old Lviv man for organizing a mobilization evasion scheme. For $15,000, he helped ensure that the data of a conscript was entered into the database for registration of a disability group.
As reported by the SSU and the Lviv Region Prosecutor's Office, the defendant offered several options for avoiding mobilization. Namely, booking as an employee of an educational institution or enterprise with the status of critically important. Or entering data into one of the information systems about the presence of a disability group without legal grounds.
The organizer assured that he had connections and could resolve the issue of disability group III for $15,000.
As a result of such actions, fake data was entered into one of the information systems about the conscript having a disability of group III for a period of up to two years. Based on such data, the draft evader had grounds to apply for a deferment from the draft during mobilization.
Law enforcement officers detained the organizer after receiving the money. He was informed of suspicion of receiving an illegal benefit for influencing a decision (Part 3, Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Investigators are identifying others involved in the scheme, including those who had access to enter data into electronic systems.
Earlier, law enforcement officers declared suspicion on the director of the international education center of one of the capital's universities . According to the investigation, she promised foreigners in return for bribes to assist in the processing of documents and unhindered enrollment in the educational institution.
Also, a doctor in the Lviv region is suspected of extorting UAH 11,500.
