Russian Billionaire Scores a Victory in Frozen Yachts Fight
- Paris court says customs raid on Antibes yacht was irregular
- Judges say second suit should have been filed at another court
Photographer: Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images
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Sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexey Kuzmichev scored a partial win in his twin lawsuit against France’s customs authority as judges said the raid on one of his two Riviera yachts was unlawful and canceled it.
The Paris court of appeals on Wednesday criticized the “serious errors” made by customs officials during the surprise inspection of “La Petite Ourse” in the coastal city of Antibes, and deemed the mid-March raid “irregular.”