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A quarter of a million euros worth of real estate, the confiscation of which was announced by the police in connection with the Magnitsky case this week, belonged to Russian millionaire Artyom Zuyev, while an apartment confiscated in the spring in the quiet center of Riga was TV3 program “Nekā personīga”.
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Read other news According to the program, investigating Klujev’s transactions, this spring the police confiscated a 230,000-euro-related apartment in the quiet center of Riga, as well as followed in the footsteps of Russian businessman Zujev.
In recent years, Zujev’s name has been heard in the Russian press in cases of raiding.
In 2012, Zujevs used the opportunity to obtain a residence permit in Latvia in exchange for investing in real estate. Zujevs is also associated with the company “Tesida Services Limited Latvia” registered in Latvia in 2012. It was founded by the Cypriot company Tesida Services Limited with unknown owners.
Artjoms Zujevs has already been appointed the sole manager of the Latvian company in the founding decision. The company was registered in an apartment building on Rudens Street, I declared legal and public relations services as my type of activity. In five years, the company had a turnover of 10 million euros per employee.
Tesida Services Limited Latvia, registered in the Purvciems apartment, managed to receive a loan of 29 million euros from ABLV Bank.
It was planned to develop real estate in Moscow. In 2019, the company filed for insolvency because it could not repay the loan.
The State Police reportedly reported this week that the Economic Crime Bureau (ENAP) had confiscated some € 250,000 worth of real estate in connection with the Magnitsky case. The property belonged to the partner of the leader of the criminal group identified in the investigation.
The LP reminds that so far the investigation has revealed several episodes when foreign citizens in Latvia have purchased real estate in a prestigious area of the quiet center of Riga in exchange for a temporary residence permit.
Upon detection of these retained assets, they were immediately seized in order to ascertain the circumstances of their acquisition and their connection with money laundering.
The investigation also revealed and proved a set of money laundering activities.
It has been established that the purchase of real estate is financed from offshore companies used for money laundering, using civil law transactions and concealing the origin and ownership of the proceeds of crime.
Earlier this spring, another property worth € 230,000 was confiscated.
It has already been reported that in February last year ENAP seized several assets worth half a million US dollars (437,067 euros) related to the Magnitsky case.
Police at the time noted that Latvian law enforcement authorities had identified several bank accounts, assets and assets acquired in the interests of Russian citizens during the initial investigation. Latvian bank accounts related to the laundering of the stolen $ 230 million, which was discovered by Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, were used for the purchases.
Among the seized assets are two real estates in Latvia purchased with income from Cypriot accounts, as well as one account used for the sale of a yacht and owned by a widow of a former Russian State Duma member.
The Magnitsky case gained international significance after Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky uncovered a fraudulent and corrupt $ 230 million scheme involving Russian officials and previously convicted criminals.
After Magnitsky testified, citing the names of Russian officials involved in the crime, he was arrested and killed in a Russian prison.
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