Former leader of the Movement against illegal immigration (DPNI), the famous nationalist Alexander Potkin (Belov) arrested on charges of stealing $ 5 billion from investors in Kazakhstan, BTA Bank, wrote on Thursday, citing a source in the interior Ministry.
The former head of the Board of Directors of BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov was arrested on July 31, 2013 in France near Cannes. Kazakhstan accuses Ablyazov in financial violations totaling more than $ 6 billion. Himself Ablyazov and his supporters report that his prosecution is politically motivated. Issuing banker achieve also the Russian Federation and Ukraine. In early January, a French court decided to extradite Ablyazov in the Russian Federation or Ukraine, while priority is given to the Russian side.
According to the magazine, Potkin was captured fifteen of October in the capital hotel " Intourist Kolomenskoye ". According to sources of the newspaper, Potkin, doing the job of Mr. Ablyazov, managed and legalization of the property derived from the BTA.
" 1st of all, it concerns the most liquid assets total land area of 2, 49 thousand hectares in the Domodedovo district of the Moscow region ", - writes the print edition citing a source.
according to the newspaper, then in 2012 Ablyazov, receiving 22 months in prison for contempt of the English court, had disappeared in the EU, Potkin began to control not only the media, but also other assets of the former owner of BTA, which were located in the Russian Federation.
in BTA Bank edition confirmed the detention Potkin, printed with your party adds that he has the opportunity to be elected forbidden measure and charged in accordance with paragraph " Legalization (laundering) of property obtained by unlawful means ".
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