Ex-SSU General Naumov is suspected of illegal enrichment of UAH 32 million
3 May 2024 15:33
The former head of the SBU’s Main Department of Internal Security has been served with a notice of suspicion of illicit enrichment worth UAH 32.7 million. This was reported by the Prosecutor General’s Office, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
Details of the case indicate that it is about former SBU General Andriy Naumov.
According to the investigation, from June 2019 to July 2021, while serving as a contracted officer in the SBU and holding this position, he acquired unjustified assets worth UAH 32.7 million.
These include luxury cars and cash.
The SBI clarified that while holding senior positions in the SBU, Naumov became the owner of the following assets
- a Toyota Land Cruiser 200 car worth almost UAH 2.3 million, registered to his wife’s father,
- a BMW X6 xDrive40d car worth 116 thousand euros, registered in his wife’s name,
- almost EUR 593 thousand and over USD 120 thousand.
He also owned 2 emeralds worth over EUR 6.5 thousand each.
The former official is suspected of illicit enrichment, i.e. committing a crime under Article 368-5 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
We would like to add that earlier Naumov was served by the SBI with a notice of suspicion of misappropriation, embezzlement or seizure of property by abuse of office, and abuse of power or position (Article 191(4), Article 364(2) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
Who is Andrii Naumov?
Andrii Naumov worked at the Prosecutor General’s Office and then at the State Agency of Ukraine on the Management of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. In 2018, he became Director of the State Enterprise “Centre for Organisational, Technical and Information Support of the Exclusion Zone Management”.
From 2019 to 2021, Naumov headed the SBU’s Main Department of Internal Security under the leadership of Ivan Bakanov. This department is responsible for controlling the SBU employees.
In October 2020, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promoted Naumov to the rank of brigadier general, but at the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, he stripped him of this rank and called him a “traitor”.
According to journalists, Naumov, accompanied by several people, left Ukraine on 23 February 2022, and in March, several of his addresses were searched in connection with the treason case.
In the summer of 2022, he was detained in Serbia with undeclared cash – about 600,000 euros and 120,000 dollars – and two emeralds. A case was opened against him there and he was sent to a pre-trial detention centre.
The Serbian court announced the decision in Naumov’s money laundering case in September 2023. By that time, he had almost served his one-year sentence. Subsequently, both the defence and the prosecution filed appeals against the decision.
In July 2023, a court in Serbia did not allow Naumov’s extradition to Ukraine.
In January, the BBC reported that former Ukrainian Security Service general Naumov had been released from prison. His documents were confiscated and he was banned from leaving the country until the appeal process is completed. In March, Serbia began a retrial of the former general.
