US EditionGerman prosecutors to end probe of billionaire Usmanov upon payment of 10 mln euros
German prosecutors will drop the probe after Usmanov pays 10 million euros, with funds directed to Bavaria's treasury and prisoner welfare association, officials said.
- On Dec 30, Munich prosecutors said Germany will drop an investigation into EU‑sanctioned Alisher Usmanov if he pays 10 million euros, which he agreed to pay in full to end the probe.
- The probe examined alleged breaches of sanctions and money‑laundering rules, including claims of undeclared valuables to Germany's export control office, BAFA, with Usmanov facing EU and U.S. sanctions.
- Records show about 1.5 million euros flowed through foreign firms for two properties in Rottach‑Egern, while prosecutors said 8.5 million euros will go to Bavaria's treasury and 1.5 million euros to Bavaria's state's association for prisoner welfare.
- Under German criminal law, discontinuation follows receipt of payment; prosecutors in Munich said the agreement's non-reopen clause prevents reopening, echoing a November 2024 similar case.
- Usmanov's lawyers said the payment is not a fine and closure saves time and resources, while Alisher Usmanov denies wrongdoing and remains under EU and U.S. sanctions with frozen assets.
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Rechtsanwälte Steinhöfel [Newsroom]Hamburg (ots) - The Public Prosecutor's Office Munich II has the investigation against the billionaire Alischer Usmanow for suspected two violations of the Foreign Trade Act (AWG) in connection with the sanction list of the regulation (EU) ... Read more...Original content of: Rechtsanwälte Steinhöfel, transmitted by news aktuell
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abc NewsGerman prosecutors will drop investigation of Russian magnate Usmanov upon payment of $11M fine
German prosecutors say they'll drop an investigation of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov over possible breaches of sanctions and money laundering rules after he agreed to pay a 10 million euro (about $11.8 million) fine. The billionaire is a close ally…
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German prosecutors will drop investigation of Russian magnate Usmanov upon payment of $12M fine
German prosecutors say they'll drop an investigation of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov over possible breaches of sanctions and money laundering rules after he agreed to pay a 10 million euro (about $11.8 million) fine.
The Russian oligarch Alischer Usmanov has also survived the second trial against him in Germany without conviction. After payment of a monetary penalty Bavaria ends the investigation.
German prosecutors to end probe of billionaire Usmanov upon payment of 10 mln euros
Germany has agreed with billionaire Alisher Usmanov to close investigations into his alleged foreign trade law violations provided the EU-sanctioned Russian-Uzbek citizen pays 10 million euros ($11.77 million), prosecutors and his lawyers in Germany said on Tuesday.
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