FBI puts Ukrainian businessman on 10 most wanted list
Washington, Oct 23 (RIA Novosti) The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has put Ukrainian-born businessman Semion Mogilevich, an alleged organised crime boss, on its 10 most wanted list.
Mogilevich, who holds several citizenships including Russian, was arrested in central Moscow in early 2008 but released this year.
‘Semion Mogilevich, a Ukrainian businessman, is charged in 40 economic crimes carried out in dozens of countries around the world, including bilking investors in a Philadelphia company out of $150 million. He is the newest addition to our 10 most wanted fugitives list, and we are offering up to $100,000 for information leading directly to his arrest,’ the FBI said in a statement on its website.
Mogilevich has been on the wanted list of a number of countries for more than 15 years for alleged involvement in organised crime and corruption. Believed to control the largest Russian mafia syndicate, he is suspected of involvement in arms dealing, drug and sex trafficking, and money laundering.
He served two jail terms in the Soviet Union in the 1970s for illegal currency dealings and fraud.
The FBI said Moglievich ‘has his primary residence in Moscow, Russia. He is known to utilise a Russian passport, but may also possess Israeli, Ukrainian, and Greek passport’.
–RIA Novosti
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