British authorities have stopped their investigation into Mikhail Fridman, a Russian billionaire under several sanctions and suspected of money laundering. There were previously two more cases against Friedman, but they were dropped in April.
The UK National Crime Agency’s (NCA) investigation into Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman for suspected money laundering has been discontinued. Bloomberg reported this.
The NCA promised that it would take no action against Friedman, but instead focus on two suspects in another major criminal case.
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Friedman was also investigated on suspicion of evading British sanctions and conspiracy to make false statements, but these investigations were dropped in April.
In December 2022, it was reported about the possible arrest of Mikhail Fridman in the United Kingdom, but Alfa Bank soon denied this information, as did Fridman himself.
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Kirill Bilyk
Source: RB
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