Gazprombank Swiss Chief Charged Over Cash Ties to Putin Cellist
- Four bank executives set to go to trial in Zurich on March 8
- Four accused of failure of due diligence in handling accounts
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Sergei Roldugin in Moscow in 2016.
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The former head of Gazprombank’s Swiss unit and three of his colleagues were hit with criminal charges in Zurich over their alleged mishandling of financial transactions tied to a cellist confidant of Vladimir Putin.
The chief of Gazprombank Schweiz AG, two senior executives at the bank and a client relationship manager knew that Sergei Roldugin, who held accounts on behalf of shell companies in Panama and Cyprus, was a “close friend” of the Russian president and was godfather to his daughter, according to the 18-page Swiss indictment.