Primorye: The former deputy was arrested in Spain

The Spanish police detained the businessman and the former deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Primorsky Territory Vladimir Hmel. The authorities suspect him of tax fraud. According to the local newspaper El Confidencial, he was arrested last summer, but this was not reported due to the secret status of the operation. The amount that appears in the case exceeds 17 million euros.

The country's tax authorities suggest that Khmel used a network of its companies to launder money, the origin of which cannot be installed. The ex-deputy invested in real estate and travel companies in the Canary Islands. In this, he was probably helped by the director of one of the Popular banks, who was also detained as part of the investigation of this case. An employee of the financial organization was responsible for the transfer of money within Spain and abroad. After the entrepreneur from Primorye suspected the interest of the Spanish authorities, he tried to transfer money to France.

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Vladimir Hops in Russia in the early 2000s was a defendant in a criminal case of smuggling, after which he left Russia. The investigation was associated with large businessmen and officials of the region. They were accused of smuggling goods from China and South Korea to Russia. According to the investigation, the volume of illegally imported goods controlled by the group amounted to more than 2 billion rubles. After emigration, he invested money in the development of travel agencies in Spain and the acquisition of real estate.

Russian media could not confirm in the Civil Guard of Spain information about the detention. It also failed to contact the Russian Embassy in Madrid.