The German police conducts searches in the branches of the Swiss bank UBS Frankfurt and Munich, trying to find evidence on suspicion of Alisher Usmanov of laundering money. It is reported by Der Spiegel.
The press secretary of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Germany confirmed the fact of searches. We are talking about collecting evidence in the case of money laundering. Searched branches were engaged in the service of private customers. Bank employees are not yet accused of anything.
After the outbreak of war in Ukraine, Alisher Usmanov was on the sanctions list of the European Union. Its location is unknown.
Employees of the German Directorate for Combating serious crimes and organized crime collected almost 100 reports on suspicions of money laundering from banks, which are allegedly related to operations of the Russian oligarch.
UBS Europa sent nine messages about suspicious transactions to the authorities. The complaints were partially sent against the Russian himself, partly in relation to offshore companies related to Alisher Usmanov.
Now Munich’s prosecutor’s office is investigating the oligarch on suspicion of tax evasion. The General Prosecutor’s Office of Frankfurt-on-Main also conducts an investigation on suspicion of laundering.