A 33-year-old citizen of Kyrgyzstan, wanted for money laundering, was detained in Moscow. According to investigators, he laundered more than $7 million for six months. Press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
«The suspect, being an individual entrepreneur, entered into a conspiracy with some citizens and created a scheme for the illegal withdrawal of a particularly large amount of money obtained by criminal means.
From February to July 2018, he transferred more than $7,888 million through a bank to one of the foreign countries.
The money was sent to various enterprises involved in the textile industry. However, according to the State Customs Service, no information was found on the entrepreneur’s foreign economic activity for the indicated period, that is, no goods were received from abroad under to the concluded contracts and agreements,» the statement says.
In addition, according to the results of an audit on compliance with the tax legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic in respect of the individual entrepreneur, non-payment of income tax for 2018 amounted to more than 43,324 million soms.
«On December 21 last year, the citizen was put on the international wanted list by Interpol. On December 27, the Bureau of Interpol of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation detained the wanted man in Moscow,» the police informed.
By decision of the Perovsky District Court of Moscow, the detainee was taken into custody. The issue of his extradition is being considered.
