Members of an organized group led by a lawyer will go on trial in Kyiv. They are accused of making forged documents for conscripts to travel abroad.
This was reported today, May 4, by the press service of the Main Directorate of the National Police of Kyiv.
According to the case materials, the organizer of the scheme to produce false documents was a 31-year-old lawyer from Dnipro. He involved eight other accomplices in the illegal activity.
The investigation established that there was a clear division of roles in the group. One of the participants coordinated the work, made financial calculations, and forged documents, while the second person was responsible for their production and delivery to “customers.” Other participants sought “clients” through messengers and transferred their data to make forgeries.
“Mostly, the attackers produced fictitious certificates and extracts from medical and social expert commissions for customers to establish disability. They handed over the fake documents in person or sent them by mail, and received payments in the amount of $7,000 to $12,000 in cryptocurrency wallets,” the report says.
The police informed that they are aware of over 100 episodes. It was established that documents were in demand for receiving pensions and other social payments, unhindered crossing of the state border, and avoiding mobilization or exemption from military service.
Currently, nine suspects have been informed of suspicion under the articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: Part 3, Art. 332 Illegal smuggling of persons across the state border of Ukraine , Part 5 of Art. 27, Part 4 of Art. 409 Aiding in evasion of military service , Part 4, Article 358 Forgery, sale and use of official documents , part 5 of art. 27, part 2 of art. 190 Aiding and abetting fraud , Part 3, Art. 28 Committing a crime by an organized group . The sanction of the articles provides for up to ten years of imprisonment.
It was previously reported that a scheme for issuing fictitious documents was uncovered in Kyiv. The scheme involved caring for relatives, which allowed them to get a deferment from mobilization and travel abroad. A couple of lawyers and an employee of the district state administration are suspected.
Law enforcement officers also filed charges against a family doctor. She is suspected of facilitating the illegal transfer of a man who was conscripted into the military across the state border of Ukraine. The investigation found that the defendant helped the man with the execution of medical documents. They were to become the basis for obtaining the third group of disability.