August 21st, 2015
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Swiss prosecutors widen probe against Uzbek socialite Gulnara Karimova
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The attorney general's office said Wednesday that it has confiscated more than 800 million Swiss francs -- $828 million -- in the case.
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Swiss federal prosecutors have widened a probe into Gulnara Karimova, the eldest daughter of Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov, investigating additional
connections who are suspected of money laundering and document forgery offenses.
Karimova is called "the Uzbek Princess" by her detractors.
The attorney general's office said Wednesday that it has confiscated more than 800 million Swiss francs -- $828 million -- in the case, Bloomberg reported.
The nine suspected arrests include two former senior managers of a local Coca-Cola bottler and a man believed to be a former financial adviser to Karimova. An entrepreneur and one-time pop princess with
the stage name Googoosha, she has been under house arrest since last year.
The Uzbek Prosecutor-General's Office announced last year the launch of a criminal case against a group of men suspected of a slew of financial improprieties.
Thirteen people, including Uzbek businessman Rustam Madumarov -- believed to be Karimova's boyfriend -- and Gayane Avakian, a woman who is another of her associates, have already been sentenced to
lengthy jail terms, Radio Free Europe reported.
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Swiss prosecutors widen probe against Uzbek socialite Gulnara Karimova - UPI.com
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