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The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) arrested the chief psychiatrist of the Ukrainian army this week: the person concerned is accused of having illegally enriched himself by profiting from the conflict. He faces up to ten years in prison.
It was necessary to clean up the Ukrainian ranks. But undoubtedly kyiv did not imagine that the chief psychiatrist, attached to the Ukrainian army, was taking advantage of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia to amass wealth. Last Tuesday, January 21, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) announced in a press release that it had arrested this individual, accused of “illegal enrichment” and “false declaration.”
SBU detains chief psychiatrist of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who made over $1 million rich during full-scale war
He is deputy chairman of the central military commission and decides on the fitness of military personnel for service.
The chief psychiatrist of the Armed Forces of… pic.twitter.com/Ekii685tDr— Ukraine Front Line (@EuromaidanPR) https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPR/status/1881654221109702919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The healthcare professional is in fact suspected of having omitted the declaration of numerous expensive assets belonging to him. The person concerned actually owns several luxury cars from the BMW brand, two apartments – one in kyiv and the second in Odessa – and a nice jackpot of more than $150,000 in cash. As our colleagues from Le Parisien point out, these assets were registered in the names of several members of his family: his wife and his children.
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In practice, the man belonged to a commission which was responsible for deciding whether the individuals who called on his services were suitable or not to join the Ukrainian army. The chief psychiatrist faces up to ten years in prison.
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