> > The SBU and the National Police exposed a couple in Zaporizhzhia who demanded "recoils" for state-guaranteed payments for fallen soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
> 
> The military counterintelligence of the Security Service and the National Police eliminated another scheme of extorting money from the families of the fallen soldiers of the Defense Forces.
> 
> According to the case, in exchange for the registration of posthumous payments from the state, the defendants demanded from the relatives of the deceased 50% of the one-time assistance from the budget, and then - regular "roll-offs" from monthly payments.
> 
> The fact of extortion of money from the wife of a serviceman of the 66th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who died in the Pokrovsky direction, was documented.
> 
> According to the investigation, a former military man and now the founder of several public organizations in the Poltava region and his wife, an official of the TCC in Zaporizhzhia, were involved in the organization of the crime.
> 
> While he was the head of the psychological support department at the military enlistment office, the woman collected data on the relatives of the fallen soldiers.
> 
> Then she passed the contacts of the affected families to her husband in Poltava, who called them and offered to quickly process state payments.
> 
> In case of refusal, he threatened to create artificial obstacles during the consideration of documents for receiving monetary compensation.
> 
> For this purpose, he boasted of the victims with his connections in the command of military units, which can "cancel" the payment of assistance altogether.
> 
> Law enforcement officers detained the dealer "hot" when the wife of the deceased soldier transferred half the amount of one-time compensation to his bank details.
> 
> During the searches, the detainee was found to have 19 more packages of documentation from other families who lost loved ones at the front, as well as contacts of the victims and cash in various currencies in the amount of almost 50 thousand US dollars.
> 
> Currently, the attacker is notified of suspicion under Part 3 of Art. 369 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (proposal, promise or provision of illegal benefit to an official committed by a group of persons in advance).
> 
> The attacker faces up to 8 years in prison with confiscation of property.
> 
> An investigation is ongoing to bring to justice his accomplice and other persons involved in the "scheme".
> 
> Complex measures were carried out under the procedural leadership of the Zaporizhzhia specialized prosecutor's office in the field of defense of the Eastern region.

*Source: https://t. me/SBUkr/15315*


SBU Busted a Couple in Zaporizhzhia Extorting Payments Meant for Families of Fallen Ukrainian Soldiers — Demanded 50% “Kickbacks” and Threatened to Block Compensation