MOSCOW, August 5 – RIA Novosti / Prime. Court of the Romanian county of Prahova postponed to August 14 for consideration of the complaint LUKOIL seizure of assets, cash as an interim measure in the criminal case on money laundering and avoiding taxes, said on Wednesday Russia’s largest private oil company.
The prosecutor’s office of the Romanian Ploiesti July 8 announced the arrest of assets of subsidiaries of Lukoil in the amount of 2.2 billion dollars in the investigation of money laundering and tax evasion. We are talking about the arrest of foreign accounts in the Netherlands “daughters” LUKOIL – Petrotel Lukoil (the owner of the Romanian refineries in Ploesti) and Lukoil Europa Holdings (majority shareholder Petrotel Lukoil). The company denies all the charges and appealed against the claims.
Tuesday, August 4 Court considered the appeal of LUKOIL on the abolition of preventive measures against top managers Petrotel Lukoil, the accused in this case. For some employees preventive measures mitigated, said LUKOIL.
“The same day, the court decided to postpone the consideration of complaints by LUKOIL interim measures on 14 August. The company continues to reject leveled against Petrotel Lukoil and its management allegations and intends to continue to defend its business reputation in every way possible in the framework of international law and the Romanian legislation, “- said in a statement.
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