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At the Mukachevo Regional Military Enrollment and Mobilization Center and its subdivision in Zakarpattia, authorities uncovered a scheme to illegally remove men from military records that operated in 2022–2024 and affected at least 1577 people. For bribes ranging from 5 to 10 thousand dollars, men were illegally declared unfit for service. When the scheme risked being exposed, those involved began destroying documents.
The scheme was organized by the then-head of the Mukachevo Regional Military Enrollment and Mobilization Center together with a subordinate responsible for military records and reservations, Ruslan Kravchenko reported. According to him, false information was entered into military registration, medical, and other official documents on the basis of which men were declared unfit for military service.
"The mechanism was effectively put into operation on a regular basis. For such a ‘service’ they charged from 5 to 10 thousand US dollars," Ruslan Kravchenko wrote.
In total, at least 1577 people were unjustifiably removed from the records, of whom 1142 were supposedly removed for health reasons. When the perpetrators learned of the risk of exposure, in August of 2024 the then-head of the enrollment center, according to the investigation, drew up a fake act of document seizure and destroyed certificates, VLK decisions, and other medical documentation that by law should have been kept for 75 years.
Investigators restored the destroyed evidence
Despite attempts to hide traces, investigators restored the necessary information using data from the National Health Service of Ukraine, witness testimony, the results of examinations, and other materials. To date, 120 people have already been reinstated on the military register, and checks regarding the rest are ongoing.
As part of the investigation, 17 searches were carried out at current and former employees of the Mukachevo enrollment center and its subdivision, members of the VLK, and other suspects. Two former officials have already been notified of suspicion for obstructing the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a special period, and prosecutors will insist on their detention without alternative. The investigation continues to determine the role of individual VLK members and other possible participants in the scheme.
Corruption schemes in enrollment and mobilization centers are being uncovered across the country
Earlier, Informator reported that three heads of enrollment centers in Volyn and Bukovyna were suspected of fake reports on more than 120 fictitious mobilizations. The investigation found that officials submitted false reports on meeting mobilization plans in order to receive unlawful benefits.
We also reported that in the Lviv region an enrollment center employee was arrested after demanding a two-thousand-dollar bribe and threatening a man with mobilization. Both cases indicate that law enforcement has systematically stepped up attention to corruption offenses in territorial enrollment centers across the country.
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