Dnipro doctors issued fake HIV certificates

Law enforcement in Dnipro uncovered a scheme under which individuals liable for military service could pay $10,000 for a "service" to be removed from military registration. 

As part of the investigation, officials and medical workers employed at one of the city's district Territorial Centres for Recruitment and Social Support (TCRSS) were detained. They were found to have falsified test results, including those for HIV. 

Fabricated data was entered into medical records and the "Monitoring of Socially Significant Diseases" information system, enabling individuals to evade conscription and cross the Ukrainian border freely.

Men seeking to avoid the obligation of military service paid $10,000 for this service. Police and the prosecution service, jointly with the Special Anti-Corruption Centre (SAC), conducted searches at the suspects' homes, their offices, and in their vehicles, seizing a significant amount of computer equipment, medical documentation, and other materials confirming the illegal activity.

An criminal case is currently being investigated under Articles 362 and 368 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. Law enforcement agencies suspect the individuals of unauthorised actions involving information, as well as receiving bribes for illegally facilitating evasion of military service. 

For these offences, the accused face a potential sentence of up to 10 years in prison, with possible confiscation of property and a ban on holding certain positions for up to three years.