U.S. Wins Bid to Seize $300 Million in Uzbek Bribery Probe

The U.S. Justice Department won permission to seize $300 million alleged to be the proceeds of an international bribery scheme involving two Russian phone companies and a relative of Uzbekistan’s president.

U.S. District Judge Andrew Carter in Manhattan on Thursday allowed the government to take the funds held by Bank of New York Mellon Corp. in Ireland, Luxembourg and Belgium and in Clearstream Banking SA accounts linked to the companies in Luxembourg.