A US court has authorized the arrest of $ 300 million in the case against MTS and Vimpelsom – BBC

US Justice Department obtained a court order for the arrest of $ 300 million in the accounts of MTS and Vimpelsom within cases of corrupt deals in the telecommunications market of Uzbekistan, according to Bloomberg .

The funds are American Bank of New York Mellon, as well as credit institutions in Ireland, Luxembourg and Belgium. US law-enforcement authorities consider that the money involved in international corruption scheme. Some of them belong to Takilant Ltd, which is associated with the daughter of Uzbek President Gulnara Karimova.

According to the US Department of Justice, MTS and VimpelCom bribed Uzbek officials who allegedly is a relative of the president of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov. In the case file it appears under the pseudonym “A government official.” In exchange, the Russian companies have access to the telecommunications market of Uzbekistan.