The Swiss Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office accused the private bank Lombard Odier of laundering money for the Office organization created by the daughter of the first president of Uzbekistan, Gulnara Karimova. Press release sent on the department’s website.
According to the text, the charges relate not only to a financial institution that has been operating in Switzerland since 1796, but also to one of its former managers, who allegedly knew Kerimova before working at the bank and was a member of her investment committee. fund. Prosecutors suspect Lombard Odier and his former employee of large-scale money laundering and believe they played a “decisive role” in concealing the Office’s income from 2005 to 2012.
The press release stated that the former manager managed nine bank accounts linked to Kerimova. At the same time, it was alleged that fake beneficiaries were sent to them and he was aware of this.
“In this regard, the defendant also allegedly falsely described Office as a going concern, knowing that Office had no business or employees and was established by a criminal organization solely to provide a legal front for the transfer of criminal funds,” the statement said. document.
The Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office suspects that the defendant took a number of steps to prevent the detection, tracking and confiscation of assets that he knew to be proceeds of crime. The allegations against Lombard Odier relate to the bank’s failure to comply with anti-money laundering standards and its own rules when opening and managing these accounts, and its failure to take steps to prevent money laundering.
Karimova is the eldest daughter of Islam Karimov, who ruled Uzbekistan from 1989 to 2016. He is currently detained in his own country. In 2015, the woman was found guilty of extortion and tax evasion by a court in Uzbekistan and sentenced to five years in prison. In 2017, Kerimova was given another five years of the sentence she served at home until 2019. In 2020, the former president’s daughter was convicted of extortion and embezzlement and sentenced to an additional 13 years and four months in prison.
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Source: Gazeta
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