On the day when the investigator of the Investigative Committee came to Alfa-Bank to arrest the accounts of foreign companies in the Abyzov case, it did not work out immediately: in just a few hours, several companies “passed” in just a few hours and were on the internal accounts of the bank itself. The prosecutor called this behavior of a financial organization “cynical and malicious.”
The FSB found out that Abyzov expectedly paid with Alfa Bank, from the documents on transactions between Telegram and offshores, which were allegedly controlled by the ex-minister and the bank. These documents entered the special service on operational channels.
The court concluded that Alfa-Bank, having received “corruption” money from Abyzov, violated the law on countering the legalization of funds and neglected the recommendations of the International Anti-Washing Body-Fatf. Such violations often become grounds for administrative fines and sanctions up to the recall of the license, lawyers say. But the prosecutor’s office abandoned further claims to Alfa Bank.
Both Abyzov and Alfa-Bank in the scheme, according to the court, were involved in companies from Cyprus, the British Virgin Islands and the Kayman Islands, as well as a Swiss citizen, probably of Russian origin.
Bank President Oleg Sysuev, as considered the prosecutor’s office and court, publicly talked about Abyzov’s payment, making a comment on the radio. But in court, representatives of the bank and ex-minister claimed that Sisuev misunderstood.
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