15 Facts About Semion Mogilevich

Semion Yudkovich Mogilevich is a Ukrainian-born Russian organized crime boss.

Semion Mogilevich quickly built a highly structured criminal organization, in the mode of an American mafia family; many of the organization's 250 members are his relatives.

Semion Mogilevich has three children and is closely associated with the Solntsevskaya Bratva crime group.

Shortly before his assassination, Russian FSB defector Alexander Litvinenko claimed Semion Mogilevich had a "good relationship" with Vladimir Putin from the 1990s.

Semion Mogilevich was born in 1946 to a Jewish family in Kyiv's Podil neighborhood.

Semion Mogilevich graduated in economics from the University of Lviv.

Semion Mogilevich made deals to purchase their assets, sell them for fair market value, and forward the proceeds.

Semion Mogilevich served two terms in prison, of 3 and 4 years, for currency-dealing offenses.

In early 1991, Semion Mogilevich moved to Hungary and married his Hungarian girlfriend Katalin Papp.

Semion Mogilevich has at least three children: a daughter by ex-wife Tatiana Markova, a son with ex-wife Galina Grigorieva, and a son with Papp.

In 1994, the Semion Mogilevich group obtained control over Inkombank, one of the largest private banks in Russia, in a secret deal with bank chairman Vladimir Vinogradov, getting direct access to the world financial system.

Two hundred partygoers in the restaurant "U Holubu", owned by Semion Mogilevich, were detained and 30 expelled from the country.

Semion Mogilevich was considered to be the most powerful Russian mobster alive.

Semion Mogilevich was arrested in Moscow on January 24,2008, for suspected tax evasion.

Semion Mogilevich's bail was placed, and he was released on July 24,2009.