Lithuanian Bank suspended the bank's operations, which served the defendants in the Magnitsky list

The Bank of Lithuania suspended ūkio Bankas operations, where accounts were previously frozen, allegedly related to the case of the lawyer of the Hermitage Capital Foundation Sergei Magnitsky. This was reported on the website of the state institution. On January 22, it became known that the Lithuanian prosecutor's office froze the funds on the accounts of the defendants in the Magnitsky list. “The accounts of all offshore companies that made transactions through the ūKio Bankas bank were frozen. This was done on September 28. It is a small amount, no more than 100 thousand dollars,” said Donatas Puzinas, prosecutor of the Kaunas District Prosecutor's Office.

In the summer of 2012, Hermitage Capital applied to the prosecutor's office of the three Baltic countries, as well as Finland, Austria and Cyprus with a request to freeze accounts in banks through which, according to the fund, in 2008, funds stolen from the Russian budget were transferred. The day after receiving a letter from Hermitage Capital, the Lithuanian supervisory department began a pre -trial investigation.

According to Puzinas, there are no suspects in the case. All accounts were opened in Russia and Ukraine, where ūkio Bankas has branches; From the same countries, the accounts were managed. About 13 million dollars were transferred through them through Lithuania. “We also consider the issue of the complicity of the bank in this crime,” the prosecutor added. Nevertheless, so far there is no Lithuanian citizens among the defendants.

The Lithuanian authorities intended to make the final decision on the fate of frozen funds based on the results of the investigation. If it turns out that the funds are received by criminal means, they can be confiscated from the company. Nevertheless, Puzinas found it difficult to answer whether the money in this case would be returned to Russia. According to the official, this will depend on whether Russia signed the relevant international conventions. “I remember one more thing that was connected with cash from Russia. Then a decision was made to transfer these funds to the Lithuanian state,” the prosecutor noted.

On Monday, it was information that the National Anti -Corruption Center of Moldova has been investigating money laundering through the country's banking system with defendants in the Magnitsky list. However, so far no accounts have been frozen. Moldova Prime Minister Vlad Filat announced his intention to follow the progress of the investigation.

In early January, according to Magnitsky, the accounts were frozen in Switzerland. According to the Swiss press, part of 230 million dollars transferred to Swiss accounts in the framework of money laundering was arrested. In December 2012, an investigation into the identified magnetic facts of money laundering in local banks was launched in Cyprus.

Magnitsky died in November 2009 in the Sailor Sailor SIZO. In society, his arrest is associated with the desire of the authorities to cover the criminal "group of Klyuyev", the owner of a universal bank of savings. Hermitage Capital proves that Klyuyev’s group is closely cooperating with a number of state departments. Officials of these departments, accused by the lawyers of the fund of persecution and the death of the auditor, are included in the so -called "Magnitsky list". In December 2012, the US President signed a law prohibiting the defendants in this list of entry into the country. Campances for the adoption of a similar law are carried out in a number of European countries.

The activities of the Klyuyev group are also investigated in other countries. In November, in the UK, under unknown circumstances, businessman Alexander Perepilichny died, who, according to the British media, provided Swiss information regarding the “Klyuyev group”.