Scheme to evade service in military unit exposed in Lviv
The State Bureau of Investigation exposed the leadership of a military unit in Lviv, which, for a reward, allowed soldiers to work at private service stations instead of serving.
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), together with the State Security Service (SSU) and the Strategic Investigations Department (SID), have uncovered a corruption scheme in one of the military units in Lviv. Two deputy commanders and two company commanders organized an illegal scheme by which servicemen who did not want to perform their military duties could avoid serving in the military service.
According to law enforcement officials, officials allowed 7 contract workers not to report for duty and work at private service stations in Lviv and the region.
At the same time, they obliged the military to transfer to them the financial support that they officially received in the military unit. This scheme was in effect from July 2024 to March 2025.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, during almost 30 authorized searches in the case, video recorders from surveillance cameras, hard drives, mobile phones of the suspects, draft recordings, over 20 thousand euros, almost 22 thousand dollars, more than 13 thousand zlotys, and other physical evidence were seized.
Law enforcement officers detained the defendants under the articles of Art. 208 based on Art. 615 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Currently, all four defendants have been notified of suspicion of abuse of official authority in a prior conspiracy by a group of persons (Part 2 of Art. 28, Part 5 of Art. 426-1 of the Criminal Procedure Code). The sanction of these articles of the Criminal Procedure Code provides for a penalty of imprisonment for a term of up to 12 years.
A petition has been filed with the court to impose preventive measures and remove the defendants from their positions. The investigation is currently ongoing, establishing the full range of individuals involved and the damages caused to the state.
It was previously reported that a police officer in the Ternopil region is suspected of receiving $17,500 for documents that allow him to travel abroad during martial law .