A scheme to evade mobilization involving a former official was uncovered in Kyiv
On June 30, the National Police in Kyiv dismantled a scheme that illegally profited from people seeking to avoid military service. According to the investigation, a former official promised to “resolve issues” at the Territorial Military Registration and Enlistment Office for more than 20,000 dollars.
The Kyiv resident—a former official of the district state administration—promised, for a fee, to resolve various issues at the Military Registration and Enlistment Office, ranging from having individuals removed from the wanted list to being struck off the military registry. The price of the service depended on external factors and the complexity of the procedures and could reach over 20,000 dollars. The suspect faces imprisonment for these influence-peddling schemes.
Operatives from the National Police’s Department of Internal Security, in cooperation with Kyiv police investigators, shut down the illegal activities of a local resident who offered a wide range of services to those seeking to avoid military service.
The suspect sought out potential “clients” through his acquaintances via word of mouth, capitalizing on the authority he claimed to have earned in the past while serving as deputy head of one of Kyiv’s district state administrations. In every conversation, the operator emphasized his ability to resolve any issue and boasted of his alleged connections among “the right people” in government agencies, including several military registration and enlistment offices in the capital.
According to operational intelligence, having a person’s name removed from the wanted list for violating military registration rules cost between 2,000 and 5,000 dollars. Arranging a deferment or exemption could cost a “client” between 9,000 and 20,000 dollars, while obtaining a medical exemption due to health reasons cost over 20,000 dollars.
In one case, a perpetrator promised to remove a conscript from the wanted list for 3,5 thousand dollars. To do this, he was supposed to transfer him and register him at another military registration and enlistment office in the capital, where he allegedly had influence. There, an administrative offense report would have been filed against him, followed by the adoption of the “necessary” decision.
However, the plans later changed. The former official stated that the initial agreement was no longer feasible due to the tightening of comprehensive mobilization measures at the recruitment centers. He therefore proposed a different approach to resolving the issue but noted that it would cost an additional $17,500. For this amount, the suspect was supposed to secure employment for the “client” at one of the capital’s state universities. Such a job would allow him to be removed from the wanted list and receive a one-year deferment from military service.
Internal security operatives of the National Police documented the illegal schemes of the Kyiv-based “fixer.”
Currently, police investigators have already notified him that he is suspected of violating Part 3 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. For abuse of influence, the suspect faces up to eight years of imprisonment with confiscation of property.
The investigation was conducted in cooperation with the Security Service of Ukraine’s military counterintelligence unit under the procedural supervision of the Kyiv City Prosecutor’s Office.
Source: National Police of Ukraine.
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