PARIS (Reuters) - Russian tycoon Alexey Kuzmichev is detained for questioning in France in connection with alleged tax evasion and money laundering and for violating international sanctions, the French Financial Prosecutors’ office said on Tuesday.
Searches took place on Monday at Kuzmichev's Paris home and in the Mediterranean Var region as part of the investigation, the office said, confirming a report in French daily Le Monde.
Kuzmichev was still being detailed on Tuesday but has not yet been charged in the case.
French customs agents last year seized the oligarch's 27-metre yacht "La Petite Ourse", sparking a legal battle between authorities and Kuzmichev, one of the main shareholders of Russia's Alfa Bank.
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon, editing by Tassilo Hummel)
Persons:
Alexey Kuzmichev, Kuzmichev, Dominique Vidalon, Tassilo Hummel
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PARIS, Financial Prosecutors, Kuzmichev's Paris, Russia's Alfa Bank
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