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- 02 September 2014, 13:07
- The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
The lawsuit against the citizen of France Jean-Louis Bordes is pending at the Criminal Court of Marseilles, France. He was accused of legalizing (laundering) property which represents the proceeds of crime in association with Boris Berezovsky, by conducting the sales transactions with Clocher de la Garoupe and Chateau de la Garoupe mansions in the Cap d'Antibes on the French Mediterranean coast. The specified property objects were acquired through funds stolen in Russia by Berezovsky and the participants of the transnational criminal community, founded by him. Jean-Louis Bordes has been charged under eight French Penal Code articles, carrying a lengthy term of deprivation of liberty. The similar charges were brought against Berezovsky by the Court of Marseilles, but on July 31, 2013 criminal charges against him were dropped due to his death in March 2013. The Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation is in constant interaction with the French competent authorities, receiving comprehensive information on the ongoing prosecution of Jean-Louis Bordes. The results of this trial may induce the decision of possible seizure of Clocher de la Garoupe and Chateau de la Garoupe mansions in favor of the Russian State and our domestic companies which were made victims of unlawful acts, committed by Berezovsky and his associates. As a part of the said interaction, the French Ministry of Justice sent the official text of the Court of Major Jurisdiction of Marseilles judgment, dated June 17, 2014, about the seizure of Chateau de la Garoupe property. Back in July 2007 the Basmanny Court in Moscow has issued a ruling, ordering the seizure of the Clocher de la Garoupe mansion, which resulted in putting this property object under judicial mortgage by the Court of Major Jurisdiction of Marseilles. The Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation aims to seek the maximum compensation of damage, inflicted by Berezovsky, and seizure of property believed to be proceeds of crime, wherever it is located or regardless of its formal ownership by other nominees, or frontmen.
The Prosecutor General's Office
of the Russian Federation
The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation
02 September 2014, 13:07
The criminal proceedings against the associates of Boris Berezovsky continue both within Russia and abroad
The lawsuit against the citizen of France Jean-Louis Bordes is pending at the Criminal Court of Marseilles, France. He was accused of legalizing (laundering) property which represents the proceeds of crime in association with Boris Berezovsky, by conducting the sales transactions with Clocher de la Garoupe and Chateau de la Garoupe mansions in the Cap d'Antibes on the French Mediterranean coast. The specified property objects were acquired through funds stolen in Russia by Berezovsky and the participants of the transnational criminal community, founded by him. Jean-Louis Bordes has been charged under eight French Penal Code articles, carrying a lengthy term of deprivation of liberty. The similar charges were brought against Berezovsky by the Court of Marseilles, but on July 31, 2013 criminal charges against him were dropped due to his death in March 2013. The Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation is in constant interaction with the French competent authorities, receiving comprehensive information on the ongoing prosecution of Jean-Louis Bordes. The results of this trial may induce the decision of possible seizure of Clocher de la Garoupe and Chateau de la Garoupe mansions in favor of the Russian State and our domestic companies which were made victims of unlawful acts, committed by Berezovsky and his associates. As a part of the said interaction, the French Ministry of Justice sent the official text of the Court of Major Jurisdiction of Marseilles judgment, dated June 17, 2014, about the seizure of Chateau de la Garoupe property. Back in July 2007 the Basmanny Court in Moscow has issued a ruling, ordering the seizure of the Clocher de la Garoupe mansion, which resulted in putting this property object under judicial mortgage by the Court of Major Jurisdiction of Marseilles. The Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation aims to seek the maximum compensation of damage, inflicted by Berezovsky, and seizure of property believed to be proceeds of crime, wherever it is located or regardless of its formal ownership by other nominees, or frontmen.
