Four bankers are accused of helping Sergey Roldugin, a close friend of the Russian president according to the indictment, deposit millions of Swiss francs in Switzerland.
They are due to appear at Zurich District Court on Wednesday accused of lacking diligence in financial transactions.
Prosecutors allege they failed to do enough to determine the identity of the beneficial owner of the funds, according to the indictment seen by Reuters.
The bankers – three Russians who worked in Zurich and one Swiss – will deny the allegations against them, one of their lawyers said. They cannot be named under Swiss reporting restrictions.
Roldugin was named the owner of two accounts opened at Gazprombank Switzerland [GZPRI.MM] in 2014, into which flowed millions of francs from Russia.
This was despite Roldugin – who appears on the Swiss list of sanctioned Russians – having no listed activity as a businessman.
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