Profile

Name: Natan Gozman
Sex: Male
Race: White
Age Now: 30
Height: 5'8''
Weight: 160 lbs.
Hair (Color, Description, Facial Hair): Brown
Eyes (Color and Correction): Brown
Wanted for: Murder in Aid of Racketeering, New York, NY
Kidnapping, New York, NY
Kidnapping Conspiracy, New York, NY

Locations

Last seen: New York, NY
Possible location: Russia New York
Last known: Unkown

Traits

Born in Ukraine, naturalized U.S. citizen
Cops say Gozman is a young member of the Russian organized crime group, \"Bratva\"
Fluent in English and Russian
Cops say he is a drug user with a violent criminal history

Case Story

Boxer Kidnapped, Murdered

Natan Gozman, a 22-year-old Russian and alleged mobster, is wanted for the 1995 kidnapping and murder of Sergei Kobozev, the United States Boxing Association's Cruiserweight champion. Authorities believe Gozman, along with Alexander Nosov, killed Sergei so they could impress the leaders of the Russian crime organization, \"Bravata.\" The duo was seeking revenge after Kobozev threw them out of a Brooklyn nightclub where the boxer moonlighted as a bouncer.

About a week later, Gozman and Nosov coincidentally ran into Sergei at an auto repair shop in Brooklyn. There, authorities say Sergei was shot and thrown into the trunk of a car. Then, according to officials, Sergei was driven to Livingston, New Jersey where another mobster broke his neck, buring his body in the backyard of a high-ranking Bratva official. According to officials, an informant led them to a location in New Jersey, where federal officials found human remains. Through dental records, the remains were identified as Sergei Kobozev. Alexander Nosov has since arrested, but Gozman is still on the run.