Poltava region law enforcement officers have uncovered a corruption scheme organized by a group of medical professionals to help conscripts evade mobilization. According to the Strategic Investigations Department of the National Police, the scheme operated during Operation Guardian and allowed men to receive deferment based on fictitious care for supposedly seriously ill relatives.
The organizers of the scheme, according to the investigation, were the head of the medical advisory commission (MAC), a nurse and their accomplice, who was looking for "clients". Doctors wrote fake diagnoses to the wives or parents of those liable for military service, indicating in the documents severe disorders of the body's functions and the need for constant care. Based on these certificates, the MAC conclusions were drawn up, which created the basis for relatives to receive the status of persons in need of external care.
In the future, men of draft age could arrange permanent care for "sick" relatives and, accordingly, receive a deferment from mobilization in the CCC and SP.
As part of the investigation, law enforcement officers conducted 23 searches at the places of work and residence of the suspects, as well as in their cars. During the investigative actions, they seized over a million hryvnias in various currencies, medical documentation, draft notes, and other evidence.
Investigators reported the suspicion of the deputy director for temporary disability expertise of the hospital, the head of the LCC, a nurse from another medical institution, and their intermediary. The court chose preventive measures for all of them: for the head of the LCC and the accomplice, detention with the right to post bail in excess of UAH 242,000, for the nurse, bail in the same amount.
For the crimes charged, the defendants face up to 10 years in prison with confiscation of property and a ban on holding certain positions or engaging in certain activities for up to three years.
