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The verdict in the “Gazprombank case” was eagerly awaited today. This is now available: the Zurich District Court found four employees of Gazprombank Switzerland (GPBS) guilty of negligence in financial transactions. They are said to have violated their duty of care when dealing with the accounts of a Putin confidant.
Your penalty: a conditional fine at 120 and 180 day rates. The lawyers of the defendants plan to apply to the Supreme Court.
As a reminder, three Russians and one Swiss were accused of “carelessness” in conducting financial transactions. The defendants are said to have had a business relationship with the Russian cellist and conductor Sergei Roldugin (71), especially from 2014 to 2016, but they had to realize that he was not the real owner of the million-dollar fortune. The defendants are said to have moved 30 million Swiss francs through private accounts belonging to Roldugin. Explosive: Roldugin is a close confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin (70).
Therefore, the case is a kind of lawsuit against the “Putin system”. The court finds it absolutely clear that Roldugin is not a usufruct owner. was in the accounts.
Prosecutors had sought a conditional sentence of seven months. The four suspects, meanwhile, did not comment on the start of the trial in early March. His lawyers demanded acquittal.
Source :Blick
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