Searched for a military man's “wife” to get discharged from service for 15 thousand dollars — organizer of the scheme exposed in Kyiv
In Kyiv, law enforcement officers uncovered a scheme to arrange a fictitious marriage, intended to help a serviceman be discharged from military service. The man who, for money, sought a potential "wife" for such an arrangement was apprehended while receiving part of the agreed sum.
According to the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office, the suspect was offering a reward to find a woman for the serviceman, with whom a formal marriage could be arranged. The prospective wife was required to be either a woman with a disability who needed care, or a single mother of three minor children.
Law enforcement officers established that the serviceman intended to be officially discharged from military service through this method.
The man priced his services for arranging a fictitious marriage at 30,000 US dollars. The money was to be transferred in two equal instalments. Initially, the arrangement involved a mother with multiple children, but the parties later settled on the option of a woman with a disability.
The organiser of the scheme was detained under Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine while receiving part of the funds – 15,000 US dollars.
His actions were classified under part 3 of Article 369-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine – obtaining an unlawful benefit for himself by influencing the decision of a person authorised to perform state functions, combined with extortion of such benefit.
The suspect was remanded in custody with the possibility of bail set at 266,000 hryvnias.
As previously reported by the "Judicial-Legal Newspaper", law enforcement officers in the Odesa region uncovered a marriage scam for discharge from military service. Specifically, a resident of the Odesa region was detained for organising fictitious marriages for servicemen in exchange for money, enabling them to be discharged from service and leave the country.
It was noted that a woman with a group II disability repeatedly married servicemen. They, using the status of a husband of a person with a disability, were discharged from service and travelled abroad. After a "honeymoon" month, the woman would return to Ukraine and file for divorce.
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