Russian oligarch Mykhailo Fridman is suspected of laundering 100 million hryvnias through Ukraine's Sense Bank (formerly Alfa Bank), the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine reports.
The BES does not name the suspect, but reports that he is a citizen of Russia and Israel, the former owner of more than 30% of the nationalized Ukrainian bank. This description makes it clear that it can only be Friedman.
Friedman is accused of laundering illegally obtained funds - $1.2 million and 1.93 million euros (approximately UAH 100 million). These actions, according to the BES, were committed by an organized group of people who also avoided paying taxes in the amount of UAH 18 million.
"He and his Russian partners, on the eve of and during Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine, carried out fictitious agreements and financial transactions to legalize (launder) the assets of the mentioned companies totaling more than UAH 1 billion and their subsequent withdrawal from the banking system in Ukraine," the press service noted.
