Boholyubov's secret "wallet" found in Ukraine: the oligarch's financial schemes are hidden behind his son-in-law Sheikhetov

Despite being in hiding abroad, Bogolyubov apparently maintains a network of financial management companies in Ukraine. And judging by the registers, these companies are hidden behind the back of Bogolyubov's son-in-law Stanislav Sheikhetov. Stanislav Sheikhetov is the husband of Bogolyubov's sister Natalia Bogolyubova.

According to the newspaper "DS", Natalia Boholyubova and her husband Stanislav own the Independence Holding, which unites a number of construction companies.

‘In Kyiv, they have implemented landmark projects such as the Prestige Hall premium residential complex, the Art Hall de-luxe clubhouse, the business centre at 28 Predslavynska Street, in Dnipro - the head office of Privatbank, the Dnipro Arena football stadium and the House on Mechnikov residential complex, in Yalta - the Admiralteiskyi administrative and residential complex - apartments in the city centre, practically on the coast - between Massandra and Naberezhna. After the occupation of Crimea by Russia, the media reported that the luxury properties were ‘nationalised’ because they belonged to Ihor Kolomoisky. However, according to classifieds websites, apartments in the Admiralteisky residential complex are still for sale,’ the DS website reported.

In fact, Sheikhetov hides a whole bunch of financial companies, investment funds and offshore companies, some of which have direct references in their names to the so-called Privat group owned by Boholyubov, Kolomoisky and several of their partners.

According to the Register of Legal Entities in Ukraine, INDEPENDENCE LLC, owned by Sheikhetov, has among its founders JSC ‘CLOSED NONDIVERSIFIED VENCHURAGE CORPORATE INVESTMENT FUND “KRAFT INVEST” and LLC “AK ”PERLINA’. The latter (also owned by Sheikhetov) holds corporate rights to three companies: MITILENA LLC, YANTAR CJSC and INDEPENDENCE LLC. And these legal entities have close ties to a significant number of other companies involved in the PrivatBank money laundering case.

Thus, among the founders of MITILENA LLC, for example: Privat Service Centre LLC (a trade intermediary), which is registered in the offshore company Ravenscroft Holdings Limited. It is this offshore that is involved in the case of PrivatBank, and through it, in particular, $1.8 billion was withdrawn in just 3 months.

‘Ravenscroft Holdings Limited is a co-owner of the Privat Business Centre Slobozhansky, which is part of the Privat group. The offshore company Candlewood Financial Corp is a co-founder of Avias,’ Nashi Hroshi reported.

Among the owners of Privat Service Centre LLC is another offshore company, Chevconn Holdings Ltd. It is the ‘owner’ of Tekhspetsmontazh LLC, through which $47 million was withdrawn from PrivatBank, and Prado LLC, through which another $73 million was withdrawn from PrivatBank.

At the same time, among the founders of Sheikhetov's MITILENA LLC is CREDO INSURANCE COMPANY LLC. This insurance company, in the interests of the former owners of PrivatBank (Kolomoisky, Boholyubov, etc.), tried to recover UAH 374 million from the state-owned bank through the courts. However, it lost all the courts. However, this circumstance once again confirms that the companies ‘hiding’ behind Boholyubov's son-in-law are Boholyubov's own business and act in the interests of the Privat Group.

In addition, Sheikhetov's companies are apparently responsible for managing Bogolyubov's capital in Ukraine, as they include, for example, FINANCIAL VECTOR, FINANCIAL CAPITAL and INTERREGIONAL FINANCIAL UNION.

As a reminder, according to the SBU, billions of dollars were laundered from PrivatBank through the Jewish Community of Ukraine. And while Bogolyubov is the head of the Dnipro Jewish community, Sheikhetov is a member of its supervisory board.