Suspect in organizing scheme in Odesa MSEC arrested with UAH 10 million bail
Kyiv • UNN
The Odesa MSEC exposed a scheme to issue fictitious disability certificates to evade mobilization. The organizer of the scheme, who involved 12 doctors, faces up to 10 years in prison, and the court set bail at UAH 10 million.
The court remanded in custody a suspect in the organization of a scheme to issue fictitious disability certificates at the Odesa Regional Medical Examiner's Office, setting bail at UAH 10 million, the State Bureau of Investigation reported on Thursday, UNN reports.
The court imposed a two-month custody as a measure of restraint on the organizer of the scheme to establish fictitious disability for persons liable for military service in Odesa Regional Medical Expert Committee. The suspect can be released on bail in the amount of UAH 10 million
Case in point
On October 28, 2024, SBI officers detained a doctor of the Odesa Regional Clinical Hospital who is suspected of engaging 12 doctors from various institutions in the city and officials of the Odesa Regional Center for Medical and Social Expertise to provide "paid services" to avoid mobilization.
According to the SBI, "doctors made up diagnoses for healthy men and produced the necessary medical documentation to confirm the ‘medical history’, even taking MRI scans. Later, the conscripts, with a package of ready-made documents, went to the MSEC, where they were met by "trained" members of the commission to register a disability group.
The cost of the "services", according to the bureau, ranged from six to 12 thousand US dollars, depending on the complexity of the diagnosis and the required disability group.
The organizer doctor was served a notice of suspicion of receiving an unlawful benefit by an official (Part 3 Art. 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The issue of serving suspicion notices to other participants of the scheme is being resolved.
The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 10 years.
