Following the Russian attack on Ukraine, the National Crime Agency has intensified its investigations into Russian oligarchs in the UK. Now the investigators seem to have caught a very big fish.
Luxury north London mansion: Russian businessman Mikhail Fridman bought the Athlone House in 2016 for £65million.
Britain’s National Crime Agency has over the weekend reported a spectacular arrest: On December 1, around 50 officers arrested a 58-year-old Russian businessman at his multi-million dollar residence in London in a major raid. The man was arrested on suspicion of money laundering, attempted fraud at the Ministry of the Interior and incitement to perjury.