UBS Banker With Mueller Links Cleared of Russian Bid Rigging

  • Judge finds no ‘smoking gun’ that proves Yukos bid was rigged
  • UBS vice chairman wins lawsuit over Yukos auction bidding
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A senior UBS Group AG executive was cleared by a London judge of bid rigging in a state-linked Russian auction following the break up of the Yukos oil company.

Robert Foresman, a vice chairman at the Swiss lender, was fighting a civil claim that he conspired with the Kremlin to fix the price for a key part of the auction. But a judge Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit, saying that there was no “smoking gun” to point to an unlawful agreement.