Onyshchenko Put on Wanted List in Ukraine

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) put MP Oleksandr Onyshchenko on a wanted list, Ukrayinski Novyny cite a source in the anti-corruption authority.

According to the source, on August 10, the NABU detectives and special anti-corruption prosecutors are going to request Interpol to put him on an international wanted list. A source of Ukrayinska Pravda in the Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAP) confirmed this.

At the same time, the National Police website has no information on putting Onyshchenko on a wanted list.

Oleksandr Onyshchenko and a number of his associates are accused of the embezzlement of money of state-run company Ukrgazvydobuvannia and causing $1.6 billion of losses to the state budget.

Onyshchenko says he is in London and will seek political asylum.

On August 9, Solomianskyi District Court decided to satisfy the motion of SAP prosecutors to detain Onyshchenko.

Source: Ukrayinska Pravda