13 thousand USD for avoiding military service – law enforcement officers detain offender in Lviv
In return for this sum, the manager of a bank branch, a 41-year-old resident of Sheptytskyi, promised the “client” to influence the decisions of a number of officials, including medical staff and court officials, to declare his mother incapacitated and appoint her guardianship.
In this way, the “client” was able to avoid military service as the mother’s guardian and even travel outside Ukraine.
The offender was exposed by investigators of the General Criminal Investigation Department of the Lviv Police jointly with operatives of the SBU Office in Lviv region, under the procedural supervision of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
Law enforcement officers detained him in accordance with Art. 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine in Sheptytskyi after receiving funds from the “client” in the amount of USD 13 thousand. Authorised searches were conducted, during which material evidence of the detainee’s involvement in illegal activities was seized.
The offender was served a notice of suspicion of committing a criminal offence under Part 3 of Art. 369-2 (Trading in Influence) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The article provides for imprisonment for up to eight years with confiscation of property.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing, and the court will soon choose a measure of restraint against the suspect.