The Paris public prosecutor’s office is investigating financial transactions allegedly involving the French billionaire Bernard Arnault and a Russian businessman.
The prosecutors are investigating transactions involving Arnault, whose ownership of the luxury goods group LVMH has made him the world’s second richest person after Elon Musk, and Nikolai Sarkisov, Reuters reported, citing a statement from the Paris prosecutor’s office. Sarkisov’s brother, Sergei, founded the Russian insurance company Reso-Garantia.
The French newspaper Le Monde first reported the existence of the investigation, citing transactions involving property at the Courchevel ski resort. It cited a December 2022 document from Tracfin, part of France’s justice system focused on combating money laundering, which reportedly lists transactions “which may characterise money laundering”. » | Jasper Jolly | Friday, September 29, 2023
Les interrogations de Tracfin sur une transaction entre des sociétés de l’oligarque russe Nikolaï Sarkisov et de Bernard Arnault : L’achat de propriétés dans la station de ski huppée de Courchevel intrigue la cellule française de renseignement financier. »
