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Viktor Topolov
Viktor Semenovych Topolov (Ukrainian: Віктор Семенович Тополов) is a Ukrainian politician, bank director and head mining engineer. Topolov is suspected by the FBI in late 1990s money-laundering and fraud.[1][2] He also was known to be associated with Alex Oronov.[1] Topolov also used services of three executives the FBI have described as members of a violent Russian organized-crime network: one, a mob enforcer closely associated with Semion Mogilevich, the powerful organized crime boss.[1] Topolov was a president of Ukrainian football club.[2] In 2006 along with Alex Oronov, Topolov co-owned an ethanol company.[2] Through his partner and investments from Morgan Stanley, he wanted to build a factory in Ukraine.[2] Topolov ran a conglomerate "Kyiv-Donbas".[2] Law officers say there was evidence Topolov transferred phony player contracts to shell companies and directed CSKA Kyiv to pay them.[2] In late 2012 in interview to Forbes Ukraine, Topolov said that his venture "Kyiv-Donbas" was not totally official and one day he will write a book about it.[3] The Mogilevich's hitman Leonid Roytman who spent sometime in the United States prison worked as vice president in Kyiv-Donbas in the late 1990s.[2] Vyacheslav (Slava) and Oleksandr (Alex) Konstantinovsky (known as Karamazov Brothers)[4] also were employed for Kyiv-Donbas and to this day hold Ukrainian fast-food network "Puzata Hata" that is part of "Kyiv Donbas" business. See also
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