After inspections, 7 heads of MSECs dismissed in Rivne region
In Rivne region, the heads of seven medical and social expert commissions were replaced. This was preceded by a corruption scandal that exposed a scheme to evade mobilization through the MSEC.
This was reported by the Rivne Regional State Administration, Censor.NET informs.
Inspections of the MSEC are currently ongoing, they were initiated by the head of the Regional Military Administration.
"As of today, the heads of 7 MSECs in Rivne region have been replaced. Acting heads have been appointed in their place. As for the rest of the medical and social expert commissions in the region, the checks are ongoing. Decisions on their heads will be made later. Our common goal is to eradicate the slightest abuse in this area. After all, this is a blow to the country's defense capability," Oleksandr Koval, head of the RMA, said.
As a reminder, earlier the SSU uncovered a large-scale scheme in the region of issuing fake disability groups to evade military service.
Law enforcers served a notice of suspicion to an official of the MSEC who, as part of a criminal group of 29 people, prepared fake conclusions of unfitness.
The day before, Oleksandr Zavrotskyi, director of the Health Department of Khmelnytskyi RMA, was fired because of abuses in the MSEC system.
Corruption in the MSEC
On 5 October, the State Bureau of Investigation reported that the head of the MSEC in the Khmelnytskyi region, Krupa, was found to have $6 million in cash during searches. Suspilne noted that it was Tetiana Krupa, who is a member of the "Servant of the People" party in the Khmelnytskyi Regional Council. Tetiana Krupa has been working as the Chief Doctor of the Regional Forensic Medical Examination Commission since 2008.
It was also reported that the head of the Khmelnytskyi regional centre of the MSEC was detained and notified of suspicion of illegal enrichment.
Currently, the SBI is studying the lists found in the office of the head of the Khmelnytskyi MSEC Krupa. They contain names and fictitious diagnoses.
On Monday, 7 October, the Pechersk District Court imposed a pre-trial restraint in the form of detention on the head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional MSEC, Tetiana Krupa.
On 10 October, Oleksandr Krupa, the son of Tetiana Krupa, resigned at his own request from the post of head of the Pension Fund in Khmelnytskyi Oblast.
The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption has announced that it will conduct a second full check of the declaration of Tetiana Krupa, head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Centre for Medical and Social Expertise.
On 16 October, the editor-in-chief of Censor.NET, Yurii Butusov, published information that 49 prosecutors of the Khmelnytskyi region, headed by the regional prosecutor Oliinik, had received disability by "covering up" the corruption scheme of the servant of the people Krupa in the MSEC and the Pension Fund. In particular, the journalist provided a list of the names of all prosecutors and described the criminal scheme used.
Censor.NET featured a story about the head of the Cherkasy Regional Prosecutor's Office , Shevtsova, who, at the age of 42, receives a pension of 785,000.
A list of 30 heads of regional prosecutor's offices who receive the highest pensions has also been published.
On 22 October, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy enacted the NSDC's decision to prepare draft laws on the liquidation of the MSEC.
