Scheme Exposed: Deleting Data on Military Registration Violations for a Fee

The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has exposed a group of individuals who, for a fee, helped military conscripts delete information about violations of military registration from the Unified State Register of Conscripts, Military Servicemen, and Reservists. According to the investigation, the scheme was organized by a Kyiv resident who acted together with his cohabitant, a former employee of one of the capital's Territorial Centers for Recruitment (TCC).

Thanks to their knowledge of the system and connections in TCCs, they found clients, agreed on the amount of remuneration, and coordinated the actions of all participants. The scheme also involved an operator from one of the district TCC departments, who illegally altered data in the state register: deleted information about violations of military registration and effectively "transferred" people to another TCC without any legal basis.

After these manipulations, men could obtain a deferment, undergo a military medical commission without the risk of mobilization, or receive military registration documents. The cost of these "services" depended on the client's status: $2,500 for soldiers and sergeants; $3,000 for officers; $1,700 for undergoing the military medical commission without subsequent mobilization. The organizers kept part of the money and gave the rest to the TCC employee. For conspiratorial reasons, the money was sent via a post office, hiding dollars among personal belongings.

Currently, the operator of one of the district TCC departments has been notified of suspicion under Part 2 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — receiving illegal profit for influencing a decision by an official, committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy. The prosecutor's office noted that earlier, within the same criminal proceedings, three other participants of the scheme had already been notified of suspicion.