In Donetsk region, a case has unfolded regarding an attempt by the military and law enforcement officers to abuse state funds by means of fictitious payments of "combat" allowances. According to the information of the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), the commander of one military unit, together with four of his subordinates, organized a mechanism that allowed illegal accrual and payment of funds to persons who did not actually take part in hostilities.
According to the investigation, ten servicemen who were outside the Donetsk region and did not take part in military operations were illegally charged 100,000 hryvnias each for six months. At the helm of this scheme were the commander of the unit and his accomplices, who transferred a large part of the received funds to the accounts specified by the command.
The amount of losses caused to the state amounted to almost 3.5 million hryvnias, of which the organizers of the scheme received more than 2 million hryvnias. The indictment has already been sent to the court under the articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which provide for serious punishments, including imprisonment for up to 12 years with confiscation of property.
In addition, one more case of false combat payments was discovered among law enforcement officers in the same region, where four law enforcement officials illegally transferred combat allowances to their subordinates. Damages from this scheme are estimated at over 2.6 million hryvnias. 
