The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) has put Inessa Petrovna Kadyrova – the mother of parliament deputy Oleksandr Onyschenko, the main suspect in a natural gas embezzlement scheme involving Ukrgazvydobuvannia, who is hiding abroad – on its wanted list.

Inessa Petrovna Kadyrova, born on March 17, 1945, is suspected of committing crimes pursuant to Part 1, Article 255, Part 4 of Article 28, Part 5 of Article 191, Part 4 of Article 28, Part 3 of Article 209, Part 4 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 205, Part 4 of Article 28, Part 2 of Article 205-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, according to a post on NABU's site on Monday.

As earlier reported, on June 15 NABU and the office of the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor announced the discovery of an organized criminal group, which incurred more than UAH 3 billion in losses to the state as a result of joint activities based on agreements signed with the PJSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia. During the course of pretrial investigation it was established that the organizer of the criminal scheme is Onyschenko, whom parliament stripped of immunity from prosecution on July 5. Deputies also voted to allow law-enforcement authorities to detain and arrest Onyschenko.

On July 27, Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko signed a notice stating Onyschenko is a suspect in the case. Onyschenko earlier, using his immunity from prosecution as a parliament deputy, fled Ukraine. On July 29 Onyschenko said that he was located in London and had filed, filed for a residency permit and asked for political refugee status in the United Kingdom.