At the request of the State Bureau of Investigation, Interpol has put the former head of the SBU’s Internal Security Department on the international wanted list. This was reported by Komersant ukrainskyi
with reference to the SBI.
The SBI does not name the general, but the published photo shows Andriy Naumov. The circumstances of the case also point to a former official.
“On 26 August 2024, a red alert was published in the records of the Interpol General Secretariat. Among other things, the SBI suspects the former official of fraudulently obtaining more than UAH 3.2 million during his tenure as head of the state-owned enterprise in 2019-2021,” the statement said.
It should be noted that the former SBU general was detained on 7 June 2022 while trying to get from Serbia to North Macedonia in a vehicle with €592,000, $120,000 and two precious stones.
Naumov lost his position as head of the SBU’s Main Internal Security Department at the end of July 2021.
In Ukraine, Naumov was served two suspicion notices – of “misappropriation, embezzlement or seizure of property by abuse of office, and abuse of power or office” and of fraud and damage to the state in excess of UAH 3.2 million. Naumov denied his guilt.
In January 2024, Andriy Naumov, who was accused of money laundering, was released from a Serbian prison.
In June of this year, the State Bureau of Investigation served Naumov with a notice of suspicion. He was charged with organising the forgery of official documents to avoid criminal liability in Serbia.
In June, it was reported that ex-SSU General Naumov had unjustified assets worth UAH 33 million.
According to journalists, Andriy Naumov, accompanied by several people, left Ukraine on 23 February 2022, and in March, several of his addresses were searched in the case of high treason.