A British businessman suspected by American justice of having helped the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska to escape sanctions was arrested and released on Tuesday October 11, announced the British agency for the fight against organized crime ( NEC).
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Following an extradition request from the United States
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In the sights of the United States
In a statement, the US Department of Justice said Washington would seek his extradition, linked to 2018 sanctions against Deripaska, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and founder of aluminum giant Rusal.
Graham Bonham-Carter, 62, is suspected of being linked to the 52-year-old oligarch, who is sanctioned in both the US and the UK, through real estate in both countries whose ownership is concealed thanks to companies registered in the British Virgin Islands or other overseas territories.
The British businessman has been charged in the United States with, among other things, violation of the sanctions law related to the situation in Ukraine, according to the NCA.
Two Deripaska properties in London are included in the assets frozen by the sanctions: a mansion and an office in upscale neighborhoods, estimated to total more than 50 million pounds sterling (more than 56 million euros), according to the NEC.
Oleg Deripaska was indicted at the end of September by the American courts alongside his girlfriend and two other people for having set up a plan to obtain American citizenship for his two children, in violation of sanctions decided by the States. -United.