Emeralds, cars, hundreds of thousands of euros: ex-SBU General Naumov suspected of illegal enrichment
In cooperation with the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption and the Prosecutor General's Office, the SBI found unjustified assets worth UAH 32.7 million in the possession of Andriy Naumov, former head of the SBU's Main Internal Security Department. The former official was served a notice of suspicion
This is reported by espresso.tv
It is noted that the defendant, while holding senior positions in the SBU, became the owner of assets:
- a Toyota Land Cruiser 200 car worth almost UAH 2.3 million, registered to his wife's father,
- a BMW X6 xDrive40d car worth €116,000 euros, registered to his wife,
- almost €593,000 and more than $120,000.
- he also owned two emeralds worth over €6500 each.
The suspect was put on the international wanted list.
The investigation is ongoing.
Andriy Naumov is a subject of a number of journalistic investigations into smuggled imports and corruption schemes at customs. When he was the head of the SBU's Main Department of Internal Security, he was involved in an investigation by Cxemu journalists into the acquisition of luxury property disproportionate to the official income of a civil servant. Cxemu also reported that on the eve of russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, on February 23, Andriy Naumov went abroad.
Note: according to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and cannot be criminally punished until his or her guilt is proved in a lawful manner and established by a court verdict.
- Naumov was detained in Serbia on June 7, 22. At the end of August 2022, the Serbian Foreign Ministry reported that they had not received a request from Ukraine for the extradition of the former deputy head of the SBU, General Naumov.
- On 20 October, it became known that Ukraine had sent Serbia a request to extradite Andriy Naumov. The former official has already been served with a notice of suspicion of misappropriation, embezzlement or seizure of property by abuse of office, and abuse of power or office (Part 4 of Article 191, Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code).
- In October, it also became known that another suspicion had been announced against him. SBI officers notified him of suspicion of fraudulent misappropriation of more than UAH 3.2 million during his tenure as head of a state-owned enterprise in 2019-2021.
- The former head of the SBU's Main Department of Internal Security, Andriy Naumov, was taken to the High Court of Nish in Serbia on April 6. His case on alleged money laundering is being heard there.
