Police exposed a dealer who helped men leave the country as part of a sports delegation.

Operatives of the Kharkiv Department of Internal Security of the National Police and investigators of the Kharkiv police uncovered a 46-year-old resident of the region who assisted conscript-age men in legally leaving the country.

For $5500, he offered a conscripted man to arrange military registration documents and provide membership in the Ukrainian Karate Federation, with the aim of later leaving the country as part of a sports delegation. The organizer of the scheme claimed to have reliable connections to influence officials of the Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support (TC) and the sports organization.

Before getting to work, he wanted to receive an advance, supposedly to transfer money to officials. However, the malicious actor did not attend the meeting himself but sent a middleman - a former militiaman.

Operatives of the Internal Security Department together with police investigators caught the middleman during the receipt of part of the money - $4000. Soon, law enforcement announced suspicion against the 46-year-old main suspect under part 3 of article 369-2 (Abuse of Influence) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The suspect now faces up to 8 years in prison.

It is recalled that in Vinnytsia, a scheme to evade mobilization was liquidated, in the organization of which an official of the district Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support (TC and SP) was involved. This was reported by the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Vinnytsia region.

It is noted that for $16,000, the platoon commander promised to 'help' four conscripts obtain a deferment from conscription.

Investigators also found that the suspect was selling partially filled summons forms for $600 so that they could present them to TC representatives, passing them off as genuine. This way, conscripts could evade mobilization,' the message states.

The offender was detained immediately after receiving the money.

Investigators informed the official of suspicion for committing a crime under part 3 of article 368 (Receiving an offer, promise, or obtaining an illegal benefit by a public official) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The suspect faces imprisonment of up to 10 years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years, along with confiscation of property.

The court chose a measure of restraint for the official - detention.

Liquidation of the scheme in Vinnytsia

Earlier, law enforcement officers in Kharkiv region conducted 39 searches of district TC and VLK employees. They are involved in a case about falsification of documents to evade mobilization.

Also, the SBU and National Police liquidated a scheme to evade mobilization in Vinnytsia. Among those implicated in the case are a lawyer and a member of the local military medical commission. For each fictitious certificate of unfitness for service, the dealers received between six and ten thousand dollars.

It was reported that in Ivano-Frankivsk region, the State Bureau of Investigation uncovered doctors and officials of medical and social expert commissions (MSEC) involved in formalizing fake disabilities for conscript-age men. Over the year, doctors helped to establish 'fake' disabilities for at least ten men. The service cost an average of $10,500.