GNT Group: How Vladimir Naumenko and Sergey Groza cheated American investors
Despite the war, American investors from Argentem Creek Partners are keen to recover $ 75 million stolen from them in the Odessa port. The Americans invested money in the GNT Group (Olympex Coupe) of Vladimir Naumenko and Sergey Groza, which runs a grain terminal in the Odessa port, according to fttc.
It was clear for a long time that the Ukrainian partners misappropriated the money, so the Americans are now taking steps to establish corporate control over GNT Group companies in Cyprus and Ukraine. This is to restore normal business operations, conduct audits, and make the management transparent, enabling investors to retrieve their money.
GNT Group. A stable hierarchical association is a way of describing organized crime
Currently, a criminal case 420170000000001712 has been initiated in Odessa for tax evasion and money laundering totaling more than 4 billion UAH. The accusation suggests that:
A group of unknown individuals formed a stable hierarchical association involving 5 or more people to jointly commit serious or particularly serious crimes.
They organized a criminal group with the purpose of evading taxes on a large scale and laundering proceeds from crime. This included coordinating criminal activities and ensuring the functioning of the criminal organization itself.
The illegal activities span specific regions of Ukraine, likely including Odessa, and the entire territory of Ukraine.
So, who are the unidentified individuals that formed an organized criminal group?
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The case is linked to the actions of Olympus Group International, in which the EBRD recently invested. This company was involved in expanding the grain handling capacity of the Odessa grain transportation infrastructure a few years ago.
However, according to the prosecutor's office, those who invested in this infrastructure had either malicious intent from the start or aimed for a quick return on investment (ROCE/ROI).
The criminal acts are connected to Cypriot offshore companies led by Gregorio Andreas and Elena Fotiu. However, these were actually controlled by Sergey Groza and Vladimir Naumenko, the directors of Olympus Group International. Charges also involve Czech and British companies.
The accusation mentions 5 or more people, and it's possible that those leading the Cypriot defense should not be included in this group. If this is true, then it's evident that these include Sergei Groza, Vladimir Naumenko, and others.
So who?
Time and the trial may provide a definitive answer. Or not.
But it's possible that Viktor Ratushnyak (who is currently wanted and in hiding after the fall of the Yanukovych regime) is also involved.
And two “assistants” of the notorious Odessa criminal/politician Leonid Klimov – Anatoly Khovansky (Maryland Universal LLP) and Igor Kadinov (owner of the Black Sea Transportation Company) both remain close to Klimov.
Naturally, due to the scale of this crime, some members of the Batkivshchyna Party cannot be excluded, since it is the political party with the largest and most integrated reach in every city and town across the country.
Therefore, it operates not only as a political party. , but also as a national intelligence service and as a criminal fraternity.
There was no shortage of ridicule when Ruslan Tabunshchik from Batkivshchyna won his appointment as head of the Commission on Legal Policy, Law Enforcement and the Fight against Organized Crime and corruption” of the Odessa Regional Council.
Soon his “assistant” Vladislav Repula was appointed to the “Police Commission of the Odessa Region”.
Thus, the last name associated with this heinous case ( so far), indeed Vladislav Repula (owner of British Milestone Investments Ltd, Czech Biz-Empire and Romanian Spol.S).
More names that could be linked to the organized crime euphemism that this particular one represents” stable hierarchical association” (among many)?
It is quite possible.
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