18:24 28.11.2017

Ukrainian law enforcers send petition to place Kurchenko on wanted list by Interpol

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Ukrainian law enforcers send petition to place Kurchenko on wanted list by Interpol

Ukrainian law enforcement agencies have sent a petition to place a red notice for businessman Serhiy Kurchenko, who fled to Moscow after the Revolution of Dignity, to the General Secretariat of Interpol. Kurchenko is suspected of committing several crimes.

"Thanks to joint efforts made in coordination by the Prosecutor's Office in Odesa region, law enforcement agencies sent a petition to the General Secretariat of Interpol to place a red notice for Serhiy Kurchenko seeking to locate him," Spokesperson of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General Larysa Sarhan wrote on her Facebook page on Tuesday.

She recalled that Kurchenko is suspected of creating a criminal group, money laundering, tax evasion and committing other crimes.

"The national budget's shortfall only from his scam with fuel was over UAH 2 billion," Sarhan said.

She said that in May 2017, the Prosecutor General's Office approved a notice that Kurchenko is suspected of committing the crimes. He was placed on the wanted list in Ukraine and a court permitted to detain him.

"At present, 22 people are suspected and charged of committing crimes. The court has confirmed guilty of 15 persons committed crimes," she said.

As reported, on May 30, 2017 Odesa region's Prosecutor's Office sent Kurchenko, who had close ties with disgraced ex Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, a note of suspicion for creating a criminal organization and legalizing the profits made from the illegal activities.

"On Tuesday, May 30, the Odesa region's PGO office agreed with and sent notification of suspicion to the former chairman of the advisory board of Kurchnko's group of companies for committing a number of crimes, among which was the creation of a criminal organization, large-scale tax evasion, abuse of public office, legalization of illegal revenues, and so on," the office's press release said.

The charges relate to the criminal embezzlement of property of state and private organizations (National Bank of Ukraine, Public Joint-Stock Company Ukrnafta, Public Joint-Stock Company JSC Ukrgazvydobuvannia, Public Joint-Stock Company Real Bank, Public Joint-Stock Company Brokbusinessbank and others) by means of illegal acts committed through abuse of authority and document forgery with money laundering.

Early July 2017 the Prosecutor General's Office reported that the loss from activities of a criminal group created by Kurchenko exceeds UAH 14 billion.

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