President of AS Monaco raided and taken into custody
Source: Le Monde
Dmitri Rybolovlev, the president of AS Monaco, was taken into custody at the request of a Monegasque judge, on the morning of Tuesday 6 November, a few hours away from his opponents' UEFA Champions League match against FC Brugge. , at the Louis II stadium. The billionaire was still in custody late Tuesday afternoon, as well as several protagonists of the criminal record. He had been the subject of a search that morning at his spectacular home, The Belle Epoque. Other searches were carried out in the morning.
The Russian businessman is at the heart of the judicial information opened a year ago by the Prosecutor General of Monaco for the facts of "corruption", "trafficking in active and passive influence" and complicity in these offenses. The case, which worries the highest authorities of the principality, had already caused the detention in custody, September 23, 2017, Philippe Narmino, a prominent figure on the Rock. A few days earlier, Mr. Narmino had been forced to step down as justice minister of Monaco, under the pressure of the revelations from Le Monde, who reported on September 14, 2017, extremely embarrassing information for the police and the police. Monegasque justice.
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Le Monde had revealed the content of a DVD-Rom given to a magistrate of Monaco, and thus brought to light hundreds of SMS suggesting the existence of an occult network working for billionaire Dmitri Rybolovlev, struggling with local justice. In conflict with the Swiss businessman Yves Bouvier, Mr. Rybolovlev would have used the services of a lawyer, M th Tetiana Bersheda to influence the course of justice. Many text messages from the smartphone ..
Read more: https://www.lemonde.fr/police-justice/article/2018/11/06/le-president-de-l-as-monaco-perquisitionne-et-place-en-garde-a-vue_5379701_1653578.html
Why it matters!
Dmitry Rybolovlev, the Russian oligarch who bought a Florida mansion from Trump for $95 million, and a New York condo for $88 million, has been arrested in Monaco on corruption charges.
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Leghorn21
(13,522 posts)Been hearing about this mobster for ages
GREAT NEWS INDEED, thanks 99!
Botany
(70,447 posts)Lots of people pay $100,000,000 for a house that wouldn't sell for $40,000,000
and then bulldoze it.
But really what about HRC's emails?
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)Leghorn21
(13,522 posts)sure Putin & Mogilevich are BOTH losing their marbles
right about now.
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OH HELL YEAH
GREAT FKN NEWS
Iggo
(47,534 posts)Julian Englis
(2,309 posts)
March 07, 2017 01:48 PM
Updated March 08, 2017 06:26 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C.
Five days before the November election, a Russian billionaires jet wheeled to a stop at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
Less than 90 minutes later, Donald Trumps campaign jet arrived on the same tarmac for an afternoon campaign rally in nearby Concord.
Who was aboard Dmitry Rybolovlevs luxurious jet and whether the planes near-simultaneous arrival facilitated another previously undisclosed Russian contact with Trump, his family or campaign associates remain unanswered questions.
The White House dismisses the matter as conspiratorial. A spokesman for Rybolovlev declined to say why he was in Charlotte. But their jets shared the tarmac at Charlotte for several hours before Trump left for a 7 p.m. rally near Raleigh on the same day.
Leghorn21
(13,522 posts)Its HUGE HUGE!!
A stellar day for law-abidin non-mobster people EVERYWHERE, all over the WORLD
OH HELL YEAH
Leghorn21
(13,522 posts)Word is OUT
DONT TELL SPANKY THOUGH
On edit, I see there are posts in relation to a big game going down there right now
But still Ryblovlovs (SP) bust is getting some mentions in the thread
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)Or (like me) play too damned much Dungeons and Dragons (although there is a huge difference between 'The Belle Epoque' and 'Schmendrick the Magician's Place').
Crowman2009
(2,490 posts)And they had such a lot of home-grown talent with that football club!