The Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office announced the exposing of an organized criminal group that helped the military to avoid service in the Armed Forces or dismiss the service from fictitious documents for money. According to the investigation, the cost of "service" was $ 7 thousand.
The organizer of the illegal scheme was the current lawyer. He attracted seven people in the implementation of the plan. The scheme was to produce counterfeit documents that testified to the availability of disabilities from the "clients" or their families. These papers allowed servicemen or conscripts to contact the social bodies or the Pension Fund for obtaining appropriate certificates.
After the status of the disabled person, men either were removed from military accounting for health reasons or were released from the Armed Forces, referring to the need for care of loved ones.
For falsification to look convincing, "customers" transfer electronic keys and access to their offices in the Pension Fund. The lawyer filled medical documents, formed supporting letters and submitted them to the state institution.
In the Pension Fund, requests were transferred to medical institutions that allegedly issued certificates. However, the first was the response to the Fund, fake by the attackers themselves. When a real answer came from the hospital, it was too late - "customers" had time to use counterfeit benefits.
The calculations were made in cryptocurrency. Currently, the suspicion of the organizer and the seven members of the group have been reported. The suspects were seized, and the prosecutor's office appealed to the court with a request for their arrest.
Criminal proceedings were initiated under a number of articles, in particular for the illegal transfer of persons across the state border, forgery and obstruction of the legitimate activity of the Armed Forces. The maximum punishment is up to 9 years in prison with confiscation of property.
