Much of the world seems to have forgotten about 'ol Ihor but there are a lot of secrets in Ukraine and he would be privy to some big ones,
Additionally, there is something very strange about his returning to Ukraine, getting arrested and being put on ice as the old-time mobsters used to say.
There is some talk that he will get Epsteined while in custody and some further talk that should that (appear to) happen there is a real chance he might show up in Israel in five years.
Statistically, your odds of resurrection are better in Jerusalem than just about anywhere else.
Here's the latest, from the Kyiv Independent, January 23:
Ukrainian oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky will remain in custody until March 2 with a bail set at Hr 2.65 billion ($71 million), Suspilne reported on Jan. 22, citing the Shevchenkivskyi district court’s decision.
Kolomoisky was charged with fraud and laundering over Hr 500 million ($13.3 million) between 2013 and 2020, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reported on Sept. 2, 2023.
A few days later, the oligarch and five other associates were accused of embezzling Hr 9.2 billion ($246 million) from PrivatBank, Ukraine's largest bank formerly owned by Kolomoisky.
Under separate charges, Kolomoisky is also suspected of creating a criminal group with PrivatBank's employees and illegally acquiring Hr 5.8 billion ($155 million) between 2013 and 2014....
....MUCH MORE
That's another oddity, the so-called bail requirement. The guy was a multi-billionaire and even accounting for losses and dissipation of his assets due to the vicissitudes of war, he could probably scrape together $71 million with a phone call. If he wanted to.
We have quite a few posts on Kolomoisky, different pieces of the puzzle.
April 2019
"Oligarchs Weaponized Cyprus Branch of Ukraine’s Largest Bank to Send $5.5 Billion Abroad"
You know that election Ukraine just held?
August, November and December 2020:
"How $1.8 billion in aid to Ukraine was funneled to the outposts of the international finance galaxy"
Glenn Greenwald's Co-Founder of "The Intercept", eBay Billionaire Pierre Omidyar Co-funded Ukraine Revolution Groups With US Government
"Ukraine Oligarch’s Troubled US Steel Plant Has Been Quietly Mining Bitcoin: Report"
We may be hearing more about this master thief in the coming months....
May 2021
Will We Ever Find The Looted Billions The IMF Sent To Ukraine? Ihor Kolomoisky's Adventures In America
We've been trying to figure out who Kolomoisky tainted and it appear to include everyone from Victora Nuland who just became the highest ranking careerist in the State Department to Donald Trump to the Biden's.
But then a $5 billion cash honeypot is apt to draw....um, people.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has done an astoundingly thorough job of turning up facts and figures on one part of the story of a very, very bad person....
February 2022
Secrets: Ukraine's Zelensky Will Be Thrown Under the Bus As His Oligarch Patron Gets Squeezed (Deutsche Bank and dirty money)
President Zelensky was not the optimal winner for the U.S. and Britain in the 2019 Ukraine election. The West was very happy with their guy, Petro Poroshenko, installed after the 2014 Maidan coup. Zelensky's sugar-daddy, Ihor Kolomoyskyi made a big bet on Zelensky and the result was a blow-out 73 - 25 victory for Zelensky. However....
And many more. We'll see if there is anything to our suspicions,
