Le Monde said similar searches took place at his home in Paris and at his villa in Saint-Tropez.
The co-founder of Alfa Group, Russian billionaire Alexey Kuzmichev was detained on Monday morning, October 30, in France. This was reported by the French newspaper Le Monde.
A Russian oligarch is suspected of money laundering. In addition, searches were conducted at his villa in Saint-Tropez. Searches were also conducted at the billionaire’s home in Paris.
Kuzmichev is under sanctions. However, he has previously won cases against French authorities over yachts.
In the past, the media reported that Russian oligarchs, under pressure from international sanctions, withdrew tens of billions of assets from Europe after the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine .
Source: korrespondent
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