Lombard Odier is in the crosshairs of Switzerland's prosecutor. The Swiss private bank is being scrutinized over a major corruption case on Uzbekistan involving the daughter of the former president.
The Geneva-based bank originally raised alarm over suspected money-laundering back in 2012 – now Lombard Odier finds itself on the receiving end of scrutiny.
Switzerland's prosecutor said it has opened a criminal investigation into Lombard Odier, which it suspects didn't do enough to prevent graft, as well as into a former employee and unknown persons.
The news was first reported by Swiss magazine «Bilanz».
The bank has been drawn into a long-running probe in Switzerland, Sweden, France, the Netherlands and the U.S. which includes Gulnara Karimova , the daughter of Uzbekistan's former authoritarian president, and irregularities in the Uzbek telecommunications market.
«We suspect a lack of internal controls at the bank by which potential criminal acts that are still being investigated couldn't be prevented,» Switzerland's prosecutor said in a statement.
Hundreds of millions have been frozen by prosecutors, including in Switzerland, in connection with the case.
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