Scheme to update data in TCRs for $9 thousand: two officials of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kyiv and Volyn exposed
Two officials of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who organised an illegal scheme to update military records in one of the Kyiv TCRs and SSs and one of the Volyn TCRs and SSs have been served with a notice of suspicion.
This was reported by Censor.NET with reference to the SBI press service.
Thus, in January 2025, a lieutenant colonel told one of the persons liable for military service that he had acquaintances in the TCR and SS of Kyiv. According to the military, they would ‘help’ him update his military records and enter the necessary information into the "Oberig" register for $4,000.
"After going through all the necessary procedures for updating military records, the official received the amount he had agreed upon.
Subsequently, during meetings with other persons liable for military service, the lieutenant colonel said that he had another established mechanism for updating military records through one of the TCRs and SSs in Volyn region and could help to do so for a monetary reward. He explained that his supervisor, a colonel in the command, was a former regional military commissar in the region and had the relevant connections.
The lieutenant colonel stressed that the ‘clients’ did not even need to travel to Volyn region. He assured that he would fill out the necessary applications, draw up a fictitious lease agreement for the ‘clients’ to live in the region, and pass a military medical examination for them, but the cost of such services was already $9,000," the statement said.
Already in February 2025, a colonel from the command of one of the branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine contacted the acting head of one of the TCRs and SSs in Volyn region and asked to assist his subordinate for a corresponding monetary reward.
The scheme was used by three persons liable for military service, who transferred the bribe in two instalments of USD 9,000 and USD 13,000.
The law enforcement detained the offenders on receiving the third instalment of the bribe.
They have been served a notice of suspicion on the grounds of a criminal offence stipulated by Part 5 Article 27, Part 3 Article 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to ten years.
