Offered to avoid mobilization for $12,000: in Odesa, the police suspect a 23-year-old man

In Odesa, a man offered to avoid mobilization for $12,000. Photo: National Police

In Odesa, a 23-year-old man spread information among acquaintances that he could solve any issue related to avoiding mobilization. He faces up to 8 years in prison.

This was reported by the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Odesa region.

According to law enforcement officers, the suspect assured that for a monetary reward he could influence the «necessary» officials in the military medical commission and territorial centers of recruitment and social support in Odesa to remove the «client» from the military records due to health.

In addition, the man said that he has influence over the border guards, who can help the «sick» to leave the country without hindrance.

It is noted that the suspect sought out a «client» and agreed with him to provide a full package of services, the cost of which was $12,000.

«In order to start the process of preparing the necessary documents, the «client» at the suspect's request gave him an advance of 4,000 hryvnias, and later had to bring personal documents and another 5,500 dollars. However, having a deposit for the service, the suspect began to demand that the stipulated amount of money be transferred to him as soon as possible, threatening to send him to the front line in case of refusal,» the law enforcement officers added.

The police detained a 23-year-old man from Odessa immediately after he received $5,500 in illegal profits. The money was seized as physical evidence.

In Odesa, a man offered to avoid mobilization for $12,000. Photo: National Police

The investigators informed him of the suspicion of accepting an offer, promise and obtaining an illegal benefit for himself, for influencing the decision-making by a person authorized to perform the functions of the state, combined with the demand for such a benefit, which is provided for in part 3 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The suspect was remanded in custody with bail in the amount of 908,400 hryvnias. Currently, the persons who managed to use the illegal services of the person involved, and his possible accomplices, are being identified.

For the crime, the man faces up to 8 years in prison with confiscation of property.

It will be recalled that Kyiv courts passed the first verdicts against men who evaded conscription. In total, 7 men were punished, 19 more are waiting for the court's decision.