"Married" for UAH 50,000: Another sham marriage exposed at the border
Kyiv • UNN
Border guards in Mohyliv-Podilskyi exposed a sham marriage between a 35-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman for illegal departure. The couple did not know elementary facts about each other; the woman admitted that she received UAH 50,000 for helping evade mobilization.
At the "Mohyliv-Podilskyi" checkpoint on the border with Moldova, another case of a fictitious marriage for the purpose of illegal departure abroad was discovered. This is reported by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS), according to UNN.
Details
It is noted that citizens of Ukraine - a 35-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman with group 2 disability - were heading to leave Ukraine. They declared themselves as spouses, stating that they got married 5 months ago.
The noticeable age difference did not become an obstacle for "love", however, during the check, it turned out that the version of a "happy family" had all the signs of a fictitious marriage
According to border guards, during the conversation, both turned out to be unaware of basic information about each other: they could not remember where they met, where they live, and were not oriented in other facts of a family nature.
It was additionally established that the female citizen had previously provided "bride services" and traveled abroad with a man of mobilization age, with whom she entered into a marriage on July 7, 2023, and already on September 21 of the same year, they crossed the border. The male citizen did not return to the territory of Ukraine. The marriage was dissolved.
This time the woman admitted that she "got married" again for 50,000 UAH. The goal remained the same - to ensure the departure from the country for a person subject to mobilization.
The "Marriage Express" was stopped. The "newlyweds" returned to Ukraine for communication with law enforcement officers.
Based on this fact, a report on signs of criminal offense has been sent: Part 1, Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - illegal crossing of the state border of Ukraine by persons, and Article 336 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine - evasion of mobilization.
Recall
Law enforcement officers uncovered a group that organized fictitious marriages with women with disabilities to postpone mobilization. The perpetrators charged 10-15 thousand dollars for "services".
