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Latvian banks have revealed and arrested allegedly laundered funds of a Ukrainian businessman Sergiy Kurchenko, Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov wrote on his Facebook page.
"Our newly established department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on the return of assets, in collaboration with the Latvian state police, has revealed, within the framework of investigation into criminal funds looted from Real Bank and Brokbiznesbank through money laundering companies, the funds that belong to a citizen of Ukraine Sergiy Kurchenko, which have been arrested on the accounts of Latvian banks," Avakov wrote.
According to the minister, a total of $80 million, EUR 177,000 and CZK 1 million were arrested.
"Currently, necessary procedural measures are being taken together with the Latvian police, the Prosecutor General Office of Ukraine and Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs to complete the criminal process and recover the funds to the state budget," according to Avakov.