On February 23, 2026, law enforcement officers in Kyiv documented the receipt of 68 thousand US dollars in illegal benefits by an employee of one of the interdistrict departments of the Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in the city of Kyiv and Kyiv region. According to the investigation, the funds were transferred in exchange for assistance in obtaining a fictitious deferment from mobilization.
Under the procedural guidance of the prosecutor of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine exposed an official while receiving an illegal benefit.
As the investigation established, the employee received $68,000 for "resolving the issue" of removing two citizens from the wanted list at the territorial recruitment and social support center. In the future, they were planned to issue a deferral from mobilization.
According to law enforcement officials, the scheme involved the use of knowingly false documents claiming that the conscripts had three children. These were fictitious birth certificates that were supposedly issued abroad. Also, according to the investigation, the official was supposed to use his official position to conceal illegal activities.
The actions of the defendant were preliminarily qualified under Part 4 of Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - obtaining an illegal benefit by an official in an especially large amount.
Urgent investigative actions are currently underway. The issue of reporting suspicion and choosing a preventive measure is being decided.
According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime until his guilt is proven in accordance with the law and established by a court verdict of guilty.
