Acting head of MSEC detained in Kyiv for extorting $10,000 for establishing disability for conscript
Kyiv • UNN
A scheme to extort bribes for establishing disability for conscripts to avoid mobilization was exposed in Kyiv. The acting head of the MSEC was detained while receiving $10,000 for recognizing a conscript as a person with a third-grade disability.
Kyiv law enforcement officers have caught the acting head of the inter-district medical and social expert commission (MSEC) extorting $10,000 for assigning a third group of disability to a conscript. UNN reports this with reference to the Kyiv police.
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According to the police, the official set up an illegal scheme to extort bribes from citizens for passing medical examinations and assigning them a disability group. This would further enable persons liable for military service to avoid mobilization.
Investigators documented the doctor's demand for $10,000 in unlawful benefit from the "client" and also documented the issuance of medical documents, according to which the conscript was recognized as a third-group disabled person
Law enforcers detained the offender in a cafe in Kyiv region while she was receiving money.
The defendant was served a notice of suspicion under Part 3 of Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - obtaining an undue advantage by an official. She faces imprisonment for up to ten years with confiscation of property.
