Semion Mogilevich
| Semion Mogilevich | |
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| FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive | |
| Charges |
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| Alias | Seva Moguilevich Semon Yudkovich Palagnyuk Semen Yukovich Telesh Simeon Mogilevitch Semjon Mogilevcs Shimon Makelwitsh Shimon Makhelwitsch Sergei Yurevich Schnaider |
| Description | |
| Born |
Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich June 30, 1946 Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Ukrainian, Russian |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Weight | 290 pounds (130 kg) |
| Occupation | mob boss, confidence trickster, businessman, and economist |
| Spouse | Katalin Papp |
| Status | |
| Added | October 23, 2009 |
| Removed | December 17, 2015 |
| Number | 494 |
| Removed from Top Ten Fugitive List | |
Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich (Ukrainian: Семен Ю́дкович Могиле́вич, tr: Semen Yudkovych Mohylevych, [sɛmˈɛn ˈjudkɔwɪt͡ʃ mɔɦɪˈlɛwɪt͡ʃ]; born June 30, 1946) is a Ukrainian-born, alleged Russian organized crime boss, believed by European and United States federal law enforcement agencies to be the "boss of bosses" of most Russian Mafia syndicates in the world. Mogilevich is believed to direct a vast criminal empire and is described by the FBI as "the most dangerous mobster in the world." He has been accused by the FBI of "weapons trafficking, contract murders, extortion, drug trafficking, and prostitution on an international scale."
Mogilevich's nicknames include "Don Semyon" and "The Brainy Don" (because of his business acumen). According to US diplomatic cables, he is said to control RosUkrEnergo, a company actively involved in Russia–Ukraine gas disputes, and a partner of Raiffeisen Bank.
He lives freely in Moscow, and has three children. He is most closely associated with the Solntsevskaya Bratva crime group. Political figures he has close alliances with include Yury Luzhkov, the former Mayor of Moscow, Dmytro Firtash and Leonid Derkach, former head of the Security Service of Ukraine.Oleksandr Turchynov, who was designated as acting President of Ukraine in February 2014, appeared in court in 2010 for allegedly destroying files pertaining to Mogilevich. Shortly before his death, Alexander Litvinenko claimed that Mogilevich has allegedly had a "good relationship" with Vladimir Putin since the 1990s.
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