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The United States may require Russia to issue a businessman Semen Mogilevich detained in the case of Arbat Prestige. According to RIA Novosti, this was not excluded by the deputy official representative of the US State Department Tom Casey.

“If he is those who are wanted in the United States in connection with criminal charges, I am sure that the Ministry of Justice will be considered,” Casey said. If it is possible to send an extradition request, I am sure that they (representatives of the US Ministry of Justice. - Ed.) Give this appropriate move. ”

At the same time, Casey said that he did not have information about the Mogilevich case.

As previously reported, Mogilevich is wanted by the FBI of the United States and law enforcement agencies of several other countries. In the United States, he is accused of fraud, racket and money laundering.

Semen Mogilevich, aka Sergey Schneider, was detained on Wednesday in Moscow along with the owner of the Arbat Prestige perfume stores Vladimir Nekrasov. According to law enforcement agencies, they will be charged with tax evasion on an especially large scale. This article provides for the maximum punishment in the form of 6 years in prison.

"Currently, investigators are conducting searches at the place of residence and work of the detainees, interrogating their immediate environment, as well as employees," the Novaya Zia Koma said in law enforcement agencies.

The defense of the suspects intends to appeal the conclusion of Nekrasov and Mogilevich to custody. Lawyers claim that their clients do not understand what they are suspected of.