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Kolomoisky’s partner Hennadii Boholiubov is served notice of suspicion of forgery of documents for crossing border of Ukraine

9 July , 2024  

Under the procedural supervision of prosecutors from the Prosecutor General’s Office, Ukrainian businessman Gennadiy Bogolyubov was served a notice of suspicion of illegally obtaining another person’s passport and organizing the illegal transportation of a person across the state border of Ukraine.

“According to the investigation, the suspect organized an illegal border crossing by involving the head of the group of border control inspectors of the Yahodyn border service inspectors’ department of the Lutsk border detachment. For this purpose, the businessman used the passport of a citizen of Ukraine, which was lost in 2022, and the State Migration Service of Ukraine was notified. On the night of June 24, 2024, with the assistance of a border guard who knew for certain that he had been provided with a document in the name of another person for verification, the Ukrainian businessman illegally left the country,” the Prosecutor General’s Office said in a telegram.

The message does not specify the name of the businessman, but according to a press release from the State Bureau of Investigation, it is the former co-owner of Privat-Bank, Gennadiy Boholyubov.

The border guard was also served a notice of suspicion on the fact of illegal transportation of a citizen across the state border of Ukraine (Part 2 of Article 332 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). At the request of the prosecutor, a custody was chosen as a measure of restraint with bail set at UAH 25 million.

Source: https://interfax.com.ua/