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Oleksandr Gorbunenko, accused in a case of reportedly causing damage to the Odessa portside plant in the amount of 270,4 million UAH, is wanted in Ukraine, while in the United States a company registered in his name exists, and his family is linked to real estate in Florida. Data about the businessman, his corporate connections, and property were disclosed in October 9 of 2026 year in a journalistic investigation. The criminal proceeding is being considered by the High Anti-Corruption Court, and among other defendants in the case are former head of the State Property Fund Dmytro Sennichenko, businessmen Andriy Hmyrin and Volodymyr Kolot.
The central enterprise in the case is LLC Agro Gas Trading (AGT), which worked with the state Odessa Port Plant under a tolling arrangement. The company was registered in December 2016 year with charter capital 40 million UAH. Oleksandr Gorbunenko and Volodymyr Kolot were its co-owners. AGT’s main activity was gas trading, and cooperation with OPZ later became the subject of several criminal investigations, according to media reports. According to case materials, the investigation examined the circumstances of extending contracts with AGT after the competition for a tolling partner was canceled. According to the indictment, the terms of cooperation could have been unfavorable to the state enterprise, and decisions on contracts could have been made without proper competitive procedures. The State Audit Service assessed OPZ losses at approximately 270,4 million UAH. This amount relates to the assessment of potential damages, not the legally established amount of harm by the court. In materials of other proceedings, AGT was mentioned in the context of natural gas transactions and possible movements of funds between enterprises. The investigation also examined transfers to accounts of other companies and possible violations during business operations. At the same time, mentions of the enterprise in materials of several cases do not automatically prove the guilt of its owners or managers in each respective episode. Oleksandr Gorbunenko was born on 8 April 1986 year. In 2006 year he ran for the Verkhovna Rada from the Veche party, led by Inna Bohoslovska, after which he focused on entrepreneurial activity. According to the journalistic investigation, Gorbunenko had interests in finance, information technology, gas business, geology, and car rental. Among his corporate connections is LLC MIT — International Information Technologies, in which Gorbunenko owns 50%, the other half belonging to Volodymyr Kolot. The two businessmen are also linked to LLC Autobank. These companies demonstrate the durability of their business collaboration, extending beyond the gas business and the history with OPZ. Volodymyr Kolot is another figure in the case of possible embezzlement of funds from Odessa Port Plant and United Mining and Chemical Corporation. According to disclosed information, he has been wanted since April 2023 year. Kolot denied political neutrality of the proceedings and spoke of pressure on business. His position on the charges should be considered separately from the prosecutors’ allegations. In case materials, Dmitro Sennichenko, who headed the State Property Fund, and Andriy Hmyrin are also mentioned. Separate publications linked this story to people from Timur Mindich’s and Serhiy Shefir’s circles. However, mentions of business or political contacts do not prove the involvement of these individuals in illegal operations. To establish their possible role, specific evidence and procedural decisions are required. According to the materials cited in the investigation, from 10 April 2023 year Oleksandr Gorbunenko has been in the register of persons evading law enforcement. In May of the same year five liens were registered on his movable property, with NABU named as the lien holder. These data indicate measures taken within the proceedings but do not replace a court ruling on guilt.
Journalists also reported that Gorbunenko left for the United States before the full-scale Russian invasion. Former head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Hennadiy Tuka claimed in a post that the businessman left Ukraine about a week before 24 February 2022 year. Tuka also stated the possible interaction of Gorbunenko with American law enforcement and the transfer of information to the FBI. Independent confirmation of these statements is not present in the materials provided. In Florida 17 January 2023 year a company GORVINA.WORLD, CORP. was registered. According to the U.S. registry, Oleksandr Gorbunenko is listed as its president, director, agent, and participant. The company’s address is connected with Village by the Bay residential complex in Avventura. The mere fact of registering a company in the United States does not indicate violation, but confirms the businessman’s corporate interests abroad. Journalists connected the same address with Victoria Namchuk, whom media describe as Gorbunenko’s probable wife. In Florida she works as a licensed real estate agent and runs the Flower Shower flower service in Miami. The publication also links the family to apartments in Village by the Bay, with asking prices of about $585 thousand. However, available information about the address and advertisements does not allow independent verification of current market value or who owns the property. In Ukraine, Oleksandr Gorbunenko and Victoria Namchuk are linked to land plots and a house in the Stryi district of Lviv region, a land plot of 0,1772 hectares in Khodosivka near Kyiv, and an apartment in the Chaiki residential complex. According to the investigation, the apartment was acquired in December 2019 year, and the plot in Khodosivka in February 2021 year. The value of these assets was estimated illustratively, not on the basis of independent appraisal of the entire property complex. Among the vehicles associated with Gorbunenko are a Can-Am Ryker 900 ACE 2019 year, and a Subaru WRX 2019 year. Victoria Namchuk is reported to own also a commercial space in Kharkiv on Poltavskyi Shlyakh and a Lexus RX 350 2016 year. Having assets in Ukraine and the United States does not by itself prove illegal origin; separate evidence is needed to assess their connection to the criminal proceedings. Thus, the Oleksandr Gorbunenko case links a probe into the state enterprise’s business operations, corporate ties in Ukraine, and entrepreneurial activity in the United States. The main subject of the court proceeding remains the circumstances of cooperation between Agro Gas Trading and OPZ and potential damages to the state. Information about assets abroad adds further context to the businessman’s financial position but does not determine the outcome of the case. Final conclusions about the guilt of the defendants must be made by the court.
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