Three participants of mobilization evasion scheme convicted in Odesa

In Odesa, three participants in a mobilization evasion scheme were convicted of issuing fictitious medical documents for money and influencing the decisions of the military qualification commission. In addition, they sold fake draft notices that allowed persons liable for military service to move freely around the country.

This was reported by Intent with reference to the verdict of the Kyiv District Court of Odesa.

In Odesa, three participants in an organized scheme were found guilty of helping men of military age avoid mobilization for money. The convicts include a traumatologist at a private clinic, Med&Art LLC, who performed surgeries and prepared documents for the military medical examination, an entrepreneur and an intermediary who acted together and offered clients illegal deferrals using fictitious medical documents.

As the court found, the organizers of the scheme were looking for men liable for military service and offered them to obtain medical certificates of unfitness for service. For this purpose, they prepared forged medical documentation and organized so-called surgeries to create the appearance of serious illnesses.

One of the clients paid USD 4 thousand for this service. The defendants managed to receive $3.6 thousand of this money. For another man, a similar delay cost $7,000, of which the scheme participants received $4,000 before being exposed by law enforcement.

The court found that the doctor of the private clinic personally performed fictitious knee surgeries and issued medical reports with deliberately false information. Later, these documents were planned to be used during the military medical commission to obtain conclusions on temporary unfitness for service.

In addition, the group members sold men fake summonses to the CCC and JV. Such documents allowed their owners to move freely around the city and the country.

According to the investigation, one such summons cost from UAH 14 to 15 thousand. In total, the suspects sold ten false documents in a month and received UAH 85 thousand.

During the searches, law enforcement officers seized significant amounts of cash in both hryvnia and foreign currency, as well as dozens of folders with medical records of recruits, drafts, mobile phones and vehicles.

In court, all three defendants pleaded guilty to the charges. The court found them guilty of taking bribes and imposed fines on all three. In addition, they were banned from engaging in activities related to mobilization activities.

Police also detained a 56-year-old head of a company specializing in international cargo transportation in Odesa region. To implement the scheme, he fictitiously employed people willing to travel abroad and entered their data into theShlyakh information system as international transportation drivers.

Анна Бальчінос