HALISTER1: Swiss A-G Opens Case Against Lombard Odier Over Karimova Affair

Swiss A-G Opens Case Against Lombard Odier Over Karimova Affair

(Bloomberg) -- Switzerland’s attorney-general has opened criminal proceedings against Lombard Odier as part of a wider probe into money laundering involving Gulnara Karimova, daughter of the deceased former president of Uzbekistan.
  • The case opened in December targets the bank, a former employee and other ’unknown persons’: A-G
  • Lombard Odier suspected of a lack of internal controls that allowed alleged wrongdoing: A-G
  • An official at Lombard Odier wasn’t immediately available to comment
  • NOTE: Swiss A-G said in August 2015 they had confiscated more than CHF800 million ($794 million) in the case.
  • SEE: Swiss Prosecutors Widen Probe Against Uzbekistan’s Karimova
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