Position: head of one of the departments of the Volyn Regional Psychiatric Hospital.
Sphere of corruption: medical.
Region of corruption activity: Volyn region.
Qualification: actions are qualified under Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
Status: at large.
The plot of the case: in May 2025, the head of one of the departments of the Volyn Regional Psychiatric Hospital was exposed in a corruption scheme. The suspect, in exchange for bribes, issued fictitious diagnoses to evasive persons, due to which they were declared unfit for military service.
According to the investigation, the scheme operated from December 2024 to May 2025. The doctor issued men of draft age the necessary medical documents with fictitious diagnoses, on the basis of which they were declared unfit for military service during the military service.
The doctor was detained on May 7 while receiving another tranche of UAH 70,000 from a conscript. UAH 15,000 was seized during a search of the official's office.
According to the VolynPost, the detained person is Pavlo Rykhlivskyi. He was charged with extortion and receiving unlawful benefit (Part 3 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The article provides for up to ten years in prison.
The issue of choosing a preventive measure is being resolved. The circle of accomplices involved in the corruption scheme is also being established.
Persons potentially involved in corruption schemes: no information is available from open sources about potential accomplices.
Assets: There are no declarations of the official's income in open sources.
Persons who should have reacted: law enforcement agencies responded to Rykhlivskyi's criminal activities in a timely manner.
Scandals: Before the scheme, Rykhlivskyi was not seen as involved in other scandals.
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