Oligarch Gennady Bogolyubov put on international wanted list, Prosecutor General’s Office prepares extradition request
29 November 2024 12:06
EXCLUSIVE
Ukrainian oligarch and president of the Dnipro Jewish Community Hennadiy Boholyubov has been put on an international wanted list by an investigator. The Prosecutor-General’s Office is preparing to send a request to the competent authorities of foreign states for his extradition to Ukraine. This is stated in the response of the GPO to the request, published on the portal “Access to the truth”, reports Komersant ukrainskyi 
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“Materials of pre-trial investigation on suspicion of B. in the commission of criminal offenses under part Z of article 357, part Z of article 27, part 2 of article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, are allocated in criminal proceedings No 62024000000001046 by the decision of the prosecutor dated 22.11.2024 from the materials of pre-trial investigation of criminal proceedings No 62022000000000619 dated 17.08.2022.
By the decision of the investigator dated 10.07.2024 the suspect B. is declared in the international wanted list. At present, the issue of preparation and submission to the competent authorities of foreign states of a request for extradition of the person (extradition) B. is being resolved.
Pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings No 62024000000001046 from 22.11.2024 continues, the decision to suspend the pre-trial investigation in connection with the declaration of the suspect in the wanted list was not taken”, – reported in the UCP.
Bogolyubov’s escape
Earlier, the Pechersky district court of Kiev decided to arrest Hennadiy Boholyubov, who left Ukraine back in the summer, using forged documents.
According to the GBR, Bogolyubov illegally left the territory of Ukraine accompanied by his close relative on June 24, 2024, while on the train “Kiev – Chelm”. According to his documents, the oligarch did not cross the Ukrainian border. He left on an invalid passport of a citizen of Ukraine, which is physically in Ukraine and did not leave the country.
“At the same time to the Polish border guards oligarch showed already his personal passport of a citizen of Ukraine to travel abroad.”
– specified in the GBR.
According toUkrainska Pravda, Bogolyubov left Ukraine on the passport of a resident of the Volyn region, 67-year-old Mykola Kupriyanovich Syumak, who lost his passport back in the spring of 2022.
PrivatBank case
The VAKS ruling previously revealed that PrivatBank money was laundered, among other things, through the Jewish Community of Ukraine.
The community was founded in 1999, but became active after Igor Kolomoisky was elected president. The founders and members of the community are Jewish public organizations and associations. The main office is located in the Menorah JCC, Dnipro city.
Gennady Bogolyubov is a representative of the leadership of the Jewish Community of Ukraine and heads the Jewish Community of Dnipro in the status of president.
According to the investigation, in total, the former owners of the so-called PrivatBank group withdrew more than UAH 5.8 billion from PrivatBank. In this proceeding Igor Kolomoisky has the status of a suspect and is in pre-trial detention. At the same time, some media outlets linked Bogolyubov’s sudden escape from Ukraine to the alleged intentions of law-enforcement agencies to hand him a suspicion in the PrivatBank case.
