Lyov Lysowsky

Lyov Lysowsky was a rogue Russian mobster responsible for several "mutilation kidnappings" who appeared in Season Two of Criminal Minds.

Background
Unable to be acknowledged by his mob boss ("pakhan") father due to one of the principals of the Russian mob stating that members were incapable of having children Lyov began abducting Russian immigrants in Baltimore, Maryland in 2005, alongside his girlfriend Natalya Chernus and partner Fyodor. Lyov and Natalya planned on using the money they received from the kidnappings, which Lyov's father Arseny always paid, to flee the country and live in a life of luxury.

Honor Among Thieves
A year after starting the kidnappings Lyov abducted Natalya's father one night while he was returning home. Keeping Mr. Chernus captive in a meat locker Lyov taunted and brutally beat the man, barely kept in check by Fyodor. When the BAU became involved in the kidnapping investigation Lyov, angered by this, cut Mr. Chernus's ear off two hours before the ransom deadline and had a boy drop it off at the Chernus home, along with a note saying the ransom had been raised from $100,000 to $500,000.

When the money was finally sent by his father Lyov killed Fyodor and prepared to kill Mr. Chernus when Natalya arrived. Realizing his girlfriend was conflicted about killing Mr. Chernus, Lyov tells her that they cannot leave him as a witness and allows Natalya to say goodbye. When Natalya goes to wait outside while Lyov deals with her father several Russian mobsters appear, sent by Arseny, who had become fed up with this entire ordeal. Ordered to drop the knife he had planned to kill Mr. Chernus with Lyov and Natalya are both shot to death. Their bodies are cut up and the pieces placed in garbage bags, which are tossed off a pier.

Modus Operandi
Lyov and his partner Fyodor would ambush men, beat them into submission, put a bag over their heads and throw them into their van, cutting off the abductees’ ring finger and leaving it at the scene, along with a ransom note. The abducted would be kept in a meat locker until the random was paid. If the money was late the victims would be mutilated further, losing another body part every six hours past the deadline.

Known Victims

 * Numerous Russian immigrants (abducted and mutilated)
 * Mr. Gorban (abducted and mutilated)
 * Fyodor (stabbed in the chest with a knife)
 * Mr. Chernus (abducted and mutilated, intended to kill)

Appearances

 * Season Two
 * "Honor Among Thieves"