Russia announces search for Artem Uss, detained in Italy – DW – 28.10.2022
The Meshchansky court in Moscow arrested Artem Uss, the son of the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Uss. The Ministry of Internal Affairs put Uss Jr on the wanted list. About this on Friday, October 28, informs state agency TASS.
The Russian authorities suspected the consequence of money laundering on an especially large scale, TASS specified in the press service of the court. Artem Uss faces imprisonment for up to seven years and a fine of up to millions of rubles. He is going to be extradited to his homeland.
October 19 Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York published a disease against Russian citizens Artem Uss, Yuri Orekhov, Svetlana Kuzurgasheva, Timofey Telegin and Sergey Tulyakov, as well as two oil traders. According to the department, they cover a scheme for obtaining American world technologies and oil coming under the sanctions of Venezuela. To do this, as prosecutors, the Russians and their accomplices used shell companies and cryptocurrency. The punishment under this article is up to 30 years of existence. On October 17, Artem Uss was detained in Italy, and Yuri Orekhov in Germany. DW looked into what became known about the case.
Alexander Uss named accusing the US of being politically motivated. By the time the news was released, he had not published comments on the decision of the Russian court. Artemy Uss disappearance from extradition to America.
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