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Oleksandr Horbunenko, accused in the case over losses to Odesa Portside Plant totaling 270 million UAH, is wanted in Ukraine but owns business and real estate in the United States
Our subject today has already attracted law enforcement attention, has been charged, and is even wanted. His biography is full of interesting business and political connections that, according to some sources, lead in particular to the circle around Tymur Mindich. Companies connected to him have become the focus of investigations into alleged schemes that may have caused the state multimillion-hryvnia losses.
At the center of this piece is Oleksandr Horbunenko, a Ukrainian entrepreneur and investor, co-owner of LLC "Agro Haz Trading," who is currently wanted and already has the status of an accused person in a case before the High Anti-Corruption Court. Several people from his circle are charged alongside him: former head of the State Property Fund Dmytro Sennichenko, businessmen Andriy Hmyrin and Volodymyr Kolot. The victims in the case are two large state enterprises: JSC "Odesa Portside Plant" and JSC "United Mining and Chemical Company."
However, Horbunenko’s story is not limited to these episodes. Particular attention is drawn to his ties with a number of people and structures that themselves have appeared in high-profile cases. In particular, through the former leadership of the State Property Fund, the names of Serhiy Shefir and Tymur Mindich appear in the public discussion of this story.
And notably, despite being wanted in Ukraine, in the U.S. Horbunenko is the president of an active company, and his family lives in apartments valued at about half a million dollars in Aventura. In Ukraine, Horbunenko and his likely wife are associated with a number of real estate properties and land plots, including in the resort town of Skhidnytsia.
From businessman to accused: who is Horbunenko
Oleksandr Horbunenko was born on 8 April 1986. In 2006 he attempted to start a political career — he ran for the Verkhovna Rada with the party "Viche," headed by Inna Bohoslovska. Politics did not work out, and Horbunenko focused on business. At various times he has been linked to a number of companies in different sectors — from finance and IT to the gas business, geology, and car rentals.
In particular, Horbunenko owns 50% of LLC "MIT" ("International Informtechnologies"). The other half of the company belongs to Volodymyr Kolot — Horbunenko’s business partner, who is also wanted.
Another joint entity is LLC "Autobank," where Horbunenko also owns 50%. The company's participants include "MIT," Kolot, and Horbunenko himself.
But the most important company in the context of the criminal case mentioned earlier is LLC "Agro Haz Trading." The enterprise was registered in December 2016 with authorized capital of 40 million UAH. Horbunenko and Kolot were its co-owners. AGT’s main activity is gas trading. It is this company that later became central to criminal proceedings related to cooperation with Odesa Portside Plant.
Horbunenko’s status has now changed from entrepreneur and company co-owner to an accused in a high-profile anti-corruption case.
In case No.991/11192/26 at the High Anti-Corruption Court, the accused listed alongside him include Dmytro Sennichenko, Volodymyr Kolot, Andriy Hmyrin, and others. Proceedings are also being conducted against "Agro Haz Trading," and this company deserves a more detailed account.
270 million in losses: the role "Agro Haz Trading" played at OPP
The relationship between "Agro Haz Trading" and Odesa Portside Plant is the central episode in Horbunenko’s biography. AGT worked with the state plant as a tolling partner. At the same time, the State Property Fund planned to hold a competitive selection for a new tolling partner. SOCAR, Galnaftogaz, and other companies, according to media reports, showed interest. However, the competitions were disrupted or some potential participants were not admitted, while cooperation with AGT continued.
Some details of this story appear in materials from the High Anti-Corruption Court. Thus, in case No.991/6735/22 AGT is listed as a tolling partner of OPP. According to NABU, after the cancellation of the competition, contracts with the company were extended on terms less favorable to the plant. The State Audit Service estimated OPP’s losses at 270,4 million UAH, and the investigation also indicated transfers from AGT’s accounts of about 1,7 billion UAH to other companies.
In another case — No.991/1691/22 — AGT is mentioned in the context of possible abuses by OPP and State Property Fund officials during the conclusion and execution of contracts for processing tolling feedstock. According to the investigation, after the cancellation of the competition, AGT’s existing contract was first extended, and then a new one was signed without holding a competition. The audit assessed the losses incurred by the state enterprise at 270,45 million UAH. The investigation suggested that officials might have acted to obtain undue benefits, including for "Agro Haz Trading."
This is not the only criminal proceeding involving Horbunenko’s company. AGT also appeared in a case regarding the possible sale of natural gas by a number of enterprises, and in another proceeding among the companies suspected by investigators of receiving funds as part of a scheme to evade taxes, convert non-cash funds into cash, and launder incomes.
Thus, the cooperation of private AGT with state-owned OPP became not just another business project of Horbunenko’s, but a key episode in a case that ultimately brought its participants before the High Anti-Corruption Court.
Kolot, Hmyrin, Sennichenko and others: what is wrong with Horbunenko’s circle?
One of the most prominent figures alongside Horbunenko is his longtime partner Volodymyr Kolot. They are linked through multiple companies: they were co-owners of AGT and are both participants in "MIT," "Autobank," and other businesses.
Additionally, as Radio Svoboda journalists wrote, Kolot is the husband of Andriy Hmyrin’s sister and his business partner. Since April 2023, NABU has been seeking Kolot, like Horbunenko, in the case of embezzlement of funds from Odesa Portside Plant and United Mining and Chemical Company. Kolot himself calls the NABU case politically motivated and claims pressure on his business.
Through the OPP case the chain leads further — to former head of the State Property Fund Dmytro Sennichenko and Andriy Hmyrin. Censor.net reported that former deputy head of the SPF Serhiy Ignatovskyi stated that then-head Dmytro Sennichenko maintained communications with the President's Office through Serhiy Shefir and Tymur Mindich. But Horbunenko’s network of connections is not limited to this.
For example, he owns 25% of LLC "Jimfit." Until 2014, the company’s co-founder was the future infrastructure minister Vladyslav Krykliy, and after his move to a position in Arsen Avakov’s Ministry of Internal Affairs structure, the share in the firm was re-registered to Krykliy’s mother, Ninel.
Horbunenko also owns 10% of LLC "Georozviduvalni Services." The company’s linked persons and structures in the directory include Serhiy Tkachenko and PJSC "KUA "Slavutych-Invest." The latter appeared in a case about collusion at an auction for the sale of a special permit for the Natalivske granite deposit. The court found the auction participants to be connected through "Slavutych-Invest" as one of the circumstances confirming the absence of real competition and coordinated behavior.
A separate story involves family ties. According to media, Oleksandr’s cousin is former head of Rodovid Bank, Denys Horbunenko.
As liga.net wrote, he fell under UK sanctions. It is reported that the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on Denys Horbunenko, who allegedly was involved in or facilitated laundering corrupt proceeds in the interests of Dmytro Firtash while serving in a leadership position at Rodovid Bank.
Wanted in Ukraine, but quiet in the U.S.?
Since 10 April 2023, Oleksandr Horbunenko has been listed in the registry of persons evading authorities. In May of the same year, five public encumbrances in the form of arrests on movable property were registered against him. In all cases Horbunenko is listed as the debtor, and the claimant is NABU.
At the same time, media reports indicate Horbunenko left for the United States before the start of the full-scale Russian invasion.
Special attention to his stay across the ocean was drawn by a post from former head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Hennadiy Tuka. Tuka claimed that Horbunenko left Ukraine about a week before the full-scale invasion using a tourist visa. The post also linked the businessman to Tymur Mindich and the story around Odesa Portside Plant.
Tuka also claimed that NABU passed information about Horbunenko to the U.S. FBI, that the businessman could have been detained while trying to fly to the United Arab Emirates, and that he subsequently cooperated with U.S. law enforcement. According to Tuka, Horbunenko allegedly agreed to provide testimony regarding other figures and after that received protection from U.S. law enforcement.
Returning to the overseas life of the Horbunenko family: registry searches show that on 17 January 2023, GORVINA.WORLD, CORP was registered in Florida. Horbunenko is its president, director, agent, and shareholder.
Its address is particularly telling — 3135 NE 184th St., Aventura, Florida. This is the Village by the Bay residential complex.
The same address, according to registries, appears in the American business records of Horbunenko’s likely wife, Viktoriia Namchuk. It is most likely where their family resides. Apartment No.2104 at this address is confirmed by open real estate registries and sales listings, where its price was listed at 585 thousand dollars.
As media reported, despite Horbunenko being wanted in Ukraine in the case of embezzlement from OPP and mentioned by Ukrainian media as having ties to Vladimir Zelensky’s associate Tymur Mindich, his wife Viktoriia Namchuk leads an active professional and civic life in Florida. She works as a licensed realtor at Florida Best Realty, Inc. (North Miami Beach) and runs the Flower Shower floral service in Miami.
Elite Ukrainian real estate of Horbunenko
Although the Horbunenko family is currently in the United States, they still own valuable assets in Ukraine.
According to registries, Horbunenko is connected to two land plots in Novyi Kropyvnyk (Skhidnytsia) in the Lviv region of approximately 0,2 hectares each and a house on Lisova Street in the same locality. Co-owner of these properties is the aforementioned Viktoriia Namchuk, who is not the official wife of our subject, but media information and shared ownership of real estate apparently confirm their family ties. House prices in this village start from 1,5 million UAH.
Horbunenko also owns a land plot of 0,1772 hectares in Khodosivka near Kyiv, which was purchased in 16.02.2021. The cost of a cottage in this area starts from 30 million UAH.
Another property jointly owned by Horbunenko and Viktoriia Namchuk is an apartment in the Chaiky residential complex in Kyiv-Sviatoshynskyi district, Kyiv region, acquired in December 2019. Its estimated value starts at 100 thousand dollars.
Among Horbunenko’s vehicles are a Can-Am Ryker trike 900 ACE 2019 and a Subaru WRX 2019.
The likely wife, Viktoriia Namchuk, also owns a number of properties. In particular, the aforementioned house and land plots in Lviv region, the plot in Khodosivka, and the apartment in the Chaiky complex that she owns jointly with Oleksandr Horbunenko.
In addition, Namchuk owns a commercial premises in Kharkiv at Poltavskyi Shliakh Street, building 62-B.
For transportation she owns a LEXUS RX 350 2016. The market value of such a car on the secondary market can reach 30 thousand dollars.
So what’s the bottom line?
Oleksandr Horbunenko’s story long ago exceeded that of an ordinary entrepreneur. His key company "Agro Haz Trading" became the center of an investigation into cooperation with Odesa Portside Plant, where an audit assessed the state enterprise’s losses at roughly 270 million UAH. Horbunenko himself is now an accused in the High Anti-Corruption Court case and is wanted.
At the same time, his longtime business partner Volodymyr Kolot is also wanted, and among other accused in the case are Dmytro Sennichenko and Andriy Hmyrin. Horbunenko’s corporate and business ties extend to a much wider circle of people and companies.
It is also notable that while Ukrainian law enforcement searches for Horbunenko, he has an active company in the U.S., and his family is tied to real estate in Florida worth about half a million dollars.
The key question now is not only what role Horbunenko and his AGT played in the scheme around Odesa Portside Plant, but whether the accused will still appear before a Ukrainian court — and what else may be revealed about the people and money behind this story.
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