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US wins bid to seize $US300 million in Uzbek bribery probe
2015-07-10 05:08:31| Telecom - Topix.net
New York: The US Justice Department has won permission to seize $US300 million claimed to be the proceeds of an international bribery scheme involving two Russian phone companies and a relative of Uzbekistan's president. US District Judge Andrew Carter gave approval on Thursday to the government to seize the funds held in Bank of New York Mellon Corporation in Ireland, Luxembourg and Belgium and Clearstream Banking SA accounts in Luxembourg linked to the companies.
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