They posted announcements about their “services” in social networks and chat rooms on the “Internet”. Each of the clients transferred $800 to $1,000 to the bank accounts of the suspects.
As determined by the operatives of the criminal police together with the investigators of the Lviv District Police Department No. 1 together with the soldiers of the State Border Service of Ukraine, under the procedural guidance of the Galicia District Prosecutor’s Office, residents of the Zhytomyr region aged 38 and 23 established a channel for the illegal transportation of conscripted citizens of Ukraine of conscription age by making for them forged documents on removal from military registration or volunteer documents.
During the authorized searches, the law enforcement officers discovered and seized forged seals and stamps, bank cards, office equipment, mobile phones, sets of forged documents and other physical evidence of their involvement in illegal activities.
The investigators informed the perpetrators of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense provided for in Part 3 of Article 332 (Illegal transportation of persons across the state border of Ukraine) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for punishment – deprivation of liberty for a period of seven to nine years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period of up to three years with confiscation of property.
The perpetrators were detained in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, and soon the court will choose preventive measures for them.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing