Sunday, October 2, 2016

Traders 'stole more than £76M from their Russian bank group employers while enjoying Michelin-starred restaurants and five-star hotels'.

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Traders 'stole more than £76M from their Russian bank group employers while enjoying Michelin-starred restaurants and five-star hotels'.

  • Three City traders allegedly stole more than £76m from their employers
  • Georgy Urumov, Vladimir Gersamia, and Alessandro Gherzi are accused
  • Trio allegedly stayed at luxury hotels and ate at Michelin star restaurants
  • Urumov’s wife Yulia Balk, 36, accused of laundering money from the fraud by spending £19million on a house in ‘Millionaire’s Row’ in St John’s Wood.

  • Three City traders stole more than £76million from their employers while staying at luxury hotels and tucking into meals at Michelin star restaurants, a court has heard.
    Georgy Urumov, 37, was allegedly part of a group that swindled Russian owned banking group Otkritie.
    Urumov’s wife Yulia Balk, 36, is accused of laundering money from the fraud by spending £19million on a house in ‘Millionaire’s Row’ in St John’s Wood, north west London.
    Fellow traders Vladimir Gersamia, 33, and Alessandro Gherzi, 37, are also accused of being involved in the scam.
    Georgy Urumov was allegedly part of a group that swindled Russian owned banking group Otkritie
    His wife Yulia Balk is accused of laundering money from the fraud
    Georgy Urumov (left) was allegedly part of a group that swindled Russian owned banking group Otkritie. His wife Yulia Balk (right) is also accused of laundering money from the fraud

    Urumov and Gherzi both worked at Otkritie Securities Limited (OSL), part of the Otkritie Group, while Gersamia was employed by Threadneedle Asset Management Limited (TAM), Southwark Crown Court heard.


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