SBU detains 8 organizers of military service evasion schemes
Kyiv • UNN
The Security Service of Ukraine detained 8 organizers of fraudulent schemes that helped people liable for military service to avoid service.
Eight organizers of the fraud, including the director of the theater in Kropyvnytskyi, were detained. This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine, according to UNN.
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The Security Service of Ukraine continues to fight military service evasion, blocking five more "schemes for evaders". During the special operation, which covered different regions of the country, eight organizers of the schemes were detained, including the director of a theater in Kropyvnytskyi.
According to the information, the perpetrators of the schemes offered conscripts to avoid conscription and travel abroad using forged documents. The offenders demanded up to $10,000 for these services.
In Kyiv, SBU CI officers detained two residents of the capital who used forged documents to smuggle conscripts to EU countries. Their scheme included registration of evaders as drivers of international flights, as well as the sale of fake residence permits.
In Kirovograd region, the director of a regional theater was detained for providing evaders with an opportunity to avoid mobilization by "booking" them as actors in the cultural institution.
In Dnipro, a scheme was uncovered that involved the registration of fictitious marriages or guardianship of a person with a disability to evade military service. The lawyer and his 4 accomplices, including an official of the local civil registration department, were involved in this activity.