Corruption scheme exposed in Zaporizhzhia: MSEC officials issued fake disability certificates to evaders for $3.5 thousand

Corruption scheme exposed in Zaporizhzhia: MSEC officials issued fake disability certificates to evaders for $3.5 thousand

Kyiv  •  UNN

March 21 2024, 04:10 PM  •  26508 views

In Zaporizhzhia, police uncovered a corruption scheme to issue fake disability certificates to military personnel worth $3,500, seizing more than $1 million, 103,000 euros, 3.2 million hryvnias and 2 kg of drugs during searches.

In Zaporizhzhia, the police exposed a corruption scheme involving MSEC (medical and social examination) officials who issued certificates of fictitious disability to men liable for military service. One such certificate cost $3,500. In this case, one of the heads of the center of medical and social expertise and his intermediary were suspected. This was reported by the National Police of Ukraine, according to UNN.

An official of the center for medical and social examination, having influence on the heads of subordinate commissions, helped conscripts to obtain a fictitious disability group. Her relative, who acted as an intermediary, searched for clients and kept in touch with them. For example, the cost of a referral to a military medical commission (MMC) was $300, and the cost of obtaining the required conclusion was $3,500.

- the police said.

Details

In the course of the investigation, police established numerous facts of bribery by an official from the MSEC.

On March 20, operatives and investigators conducted searches at the places of work and residence of the participants in the corruption scheme. They seized more than $1 million in cash, 103 thousand euros, UAH 3.2 million, and draft accounting records, as well as 2 kg of psychotropic drugs.

Based on the evidence, police investigators served one of the center's managers a notice of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 369-2 (Abuse of influence) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The actions of the intermediary are qualified under Part 2 of Art. 369-2 and Part 3 of Art. 307 (Illegal production, manufacture, purchase, storage, transportation, shipment or sale of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances or their analogues).

The issue of choosing a preventive measure in the form of detention is being decided.

The collection of evidence is ongoing. Law enforcement officers are identifying all persons involved in the crime.

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