Former co-owner of PrivatBank Bogolyubov is served a notice of suspicion - SBI

The State Bureau of Investigation has served a notice of suspicion to former PrivatBank co-owner Hennadiy Boholyubov, the SBI said on Tuesday, UNN reports.

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"SBI officers served a notice of suspicion to former Privatbank co-owner Hennadiy Boholyubov and a border guard who assisted him in illegal border crossing," the SBI said.

It is noted that the head of one of the groups of border control inspectors of the Yahodyn border guard department has been detained.

"The investigation, with the assistance of the leadership of the State Border Guard Service, found that the oligarch, accompanied by his close relative, left on June 24, 2024, by the Kyiv-Helm train, although according to the Ukrainian databases, he did not cross the border. In the course of urgent procedural actions, it was established that Hennadii Boholiubov left the country on an invalid passport of a citizen of Ukraine who is physically in Ukraine and has not left the country," the SBI said.

It is reported that "at the same time, it was confirmed that the detained law enforcement officer handed over the passengers' documents to his subordinate and assured that he had already personally checked the compartment where Bogolyubov and his relative were staying." "At the same time, the oligarch presented the Polish border guards with his personal passport of a citizen of Ukraine for traveling abroad," the SBI reported.

The oligarch and the law enforcement officer were notified of suspicion of illegal transportation of persons across the state border (Part 2 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). And Gennadiy Boholyubov was also notified of suspicion of illegal possession of a passport (Part 3 of Article 357 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

The sanction of the article provides for punishment in the form of imprisonment for up to 7 years.

A custodial measure of restraint was imposed on the border guard with an alternative of bail in the amount of UAH 25 million.

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