Billionaire Mikhail Friedman was arrested in London on suspicion of money laundering, Russian state news agency TASS reported, after the UK's National Crime Agency announced that a "wealthy Russian businessman" had been arrested.
The crime agency said the businessman, whom it did not name, was arrested on Thursday at his London home on suspicion of money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the Home Office and conspiracy to commit perjury, according to a statement released on Saturday. The man was later released on bail, it said.
In its statement on Saturday, the British Crime Agency said the 58-year-old man was among three men arrested by officers from its anti-theft squad on Thursday at a "multi-million pound residence" in London. All three men were released on bail, the agency said.
Russian businessman Mikhail Friedman was arrested on Saturday in London, a source close to the businessman told TASS.
The businessman was later released on bail, the Russian news agency also confirmed.
On February 28, the European Union imposed sanctions on the owners of the Alfa Group joint venture Mikhail Friedman Pyotr Aven, among other Russian officials and businessmen. On March 1, news broke that Friedman and Aven were resigning from the board of directors of Russia's Alfa Bank.
Who is Russian-Israeli oligarch Mikhail Friedman
According to the Israeli Times of Israel, he was born to Jewish parents in the city of Lviv in western Ukraine in 1964, Friedman studied in Moscow and then built a vast business empire that includes everything from oil and gas to banking, telecommunications and more. He is best known as the founder of Alfa Bank, the largest private financial institution in Russia.
Friedman, a Kremlin man, is known for his ties to Putin's government. But a day after the invasion he spoke out against the bloodshed in Ukraine, calling it a "tragedy" for both sides, calling into question the status of his relationship with the Russian president.
Source: iefimerida.gr
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