-Caveat Lector- ISSUE 1555 Saturday 28 August 1999 Yeltsin's daughter linked to �10bn money laundering By Ben Aris in Moscow Yeltsin's daughter targeted in Russian money scandal [27 Aug '99] - Russia Today Bank official fired in Russian money laundering inquiry FRESH rumours of corruption connecting five of the Kremlin's most powerful figures, including President Yeltsin's daughter, to a $15 billion (�9.7 billion) money-laundering operation surfaced in Russia yesterday. Reports in the American newspaper USA Today said that Russian criminals had laundered the money through four accounts at the Bank of New York and one at the New York-based Republic National Bank, including several billion dollars of International Monetary Fund money. If true, this would be one of the biggest money-laundering operations undertaken in America. The claims come in a week when President Yeltsin, his family and associates have already been accused of taking more than $1 million (�646,000) in bribes from an Italian construction company. According to another investigation, a Russian mobster is believed to have used the Bank of New York to launder more than $10 billion (�6.5 billion) earned from drug smuggling, prostitution and other activities. Citing unnamed sources in the British National Criminal Intelligence Service and the Russian Prosecutor General's office, the paper named five leading officials they say are under investigation in connection with the scandal. They are: Tatyana Dyachenko, Yeltsin's daughter; Alexander Livshits, the former finance minister; Vladimir Potanin, a member of the Russian oligarchy, and Oleg Soskovets and Anatoly Chubais, former deputy prime ministers. USA Today did not say what part any of the five played in laundering the money and American and British law enforcement officials have denied giving information to the paper. The FBI would not even acknowledge that an investigation was under way. Roland Nash, head of research at the Russian bank Renaissance Capital, said: "This report is very sensationalist. You can't say that these men actually signed the cheques." But yesterday, Vladimir Ustinov, Russia's acting chief prosecutor, confirmed that the country's security services had been ordered to look into possible Russian involvement in money-laundering. And Vyacheslav Soltaganov, head of the Russian federal tax authorities, said he had been asked by his American counterpart to take part in a joint investigation into money laundered through the Bank of New York and was prepared to co-operate. America investigators, alarmed by the extent of possible money laundering through American banks, are extending their inquiries to include other American and European banks. USA Today quoted one American official involved in the investigations as saying, "the more we dig, the more we find". Their investigation will be extended to include a number of aid programmes. The official said that tens of millions of additional dollars were missing from a special bank account set up by the Russian government to hold money earned from the sale of American grain received last year as part of a $1 billion food-aid programme. Several billion dollars of aid from the International Monetary Fund, sent to prop up the Russian economy, is also thought to have disappeared. 27 August 1999: Yeltsins deny accepting $1m 'pocket money' 20 August 1999: [City] Russia mob probe hits City � Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 1999. Terms & Conditions of reading. Commercial information. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=001863356114602&rtmo=pQNbBMQe&atmo=99999999 &pg=/et/99/8/28/wbank128.html Bard DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
