SBI detains former Odesa military commissar Borysov

The agency's press service told this to Ukrinform.

"A former official tried to escape from the investigation. At the same time, he used elements of conspiracy - he changed his phone numbers, cars, and location. Active searches for him lasted for two days, but as a result of comprehensive operational and investigative measures, he was found and detained in Kyiv," the report reads.

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According to the report, the SBI will petition the court to choose a measure of restraint for the ex-official in the form of detention without the possibility of posting bail.

The agency said that investigators collected evidence that testifies to the illegal enrichment of the ex-military commissar.

Also, the investigation will study the materials of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention that revealed signs of illegal enrichment of the former Odesa military commissar for more than UAH 188 million.

In addition, the SBI recalled that journalists had conducted an investigation showing that the mother of the military commissar last year became the owner of a residential building in Spain worth more than EUR 4 million. It also turned out that, in addition to elite foreign real estate, this year she also bought a Mercedes-Benz EQV for almost UAH 3 million.

Later, the law enforcement officers established that in the past few years, the mother-in-law of the ex-military commissar had also become the owner of expensive cars, including a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, a Mercedes-Benz G 63 AMG and a Toyota Land Cruiser.

The ex-military commissar's wife also purchased property abroad — an office space in Spain worth 737,000 euros, also without having a sufficient number of legally obtained assets and income for this.

On Saturday, July 22, the ex-official was charged with illegal enrichment for hundreds of millions of hryvnias and deliberate evasion of duty.

The former military commissar is suspected of acquiring assets the value of which exceeds his legal income by more than 6,500 non-taxable minimum incomes of citizens (Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), failing to report for duty on time without valid reasons (Part 5 of Article 407 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), and evading military service by deception committed under martial law (Part 4 of Article 409 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The articles provide for up to ten years of imprisonment.

The investigation is ongoing.

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