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Ukraine: corruption scandal over fake disability certificates

On 4 October, Ukraine’s secret services detained Tetiana Krupa, the head of the Medical-Social Expert Commission (MSEK, a body responsible, among other tasks, for issuing disability certificates) in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast and a deputy to the oblast’s council representing the Servant of the People party. Cash in various currencies amounting to approximately $6 million was…

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Ukraine exposes official involved in corruption scandal over fake disability certificates

The Security Service of Ukraine says that Ukrainian law enforcement has exposed the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Medical-Social Expertise Commission for corruption schemes to avoid conscription. Ukrainians can be exempted from military service under certain health conditions, including confirmed disabilities. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that many high-ranking officials paid bribes to the Medical-Social…

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Ukraine cracks down on corruption schemes: Nine officials convicted over disability certification fraud

In 2024, Ukraine convicted nine officials for large-scale corruption schemes involving the Medical-Social Expertise Commissions. Currently, law enforcement is investigating nearly 2,400 cases related to the illicit acquisition of disability certifications that exempt citizens from military service under Ukrainian law, claimed Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Vasyl Maliuk. On 22 October, Ukrainian President…

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