The deal should have been going on as recently as last year, and the oligarch to have close ties to President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The program Assignment audit looked at the documents that show that Nordea, lent billions to the businessman Serzjan Zjumasjev. He stands near Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who is often described as a dictator.
The money has been used to build a kontroskomplex in Moscow.
Nordea has lent money to the three letter-box which in turn is owned by other letterbox in tax havens.
Nordea’s press officer Magnus Nelin would not comment on the specific case on grounds of bank secrecy, but he says that the bank does not lend money without knowing where the money ends up.
– Whatever business we do in the country, we always a review of the persons possibly should get loans with us, says Nordea’s press officer ..
Do you think that Nordea should lend money to a businessman in Kazakhstan, which are close to the regime?
– I can not answer that. Then we come to talk about any customers or customer behavior, says press officer Magnus Nelin.
Nordea has previously received sharp criticism that the bank has been poor at controlling their clients.
bank received last year, a fine of 50 million by the FSA for the shortcomings in efforts to counter money laundering and terrorism.
It was then that the maximum penalty a bank could get.
Among other things, the company TeliaSonera is suspected of having bribed in Uzbekistan SEK 200 million in an account with Nordea. Since then, the bank said it tightened up.
The deal with the kazakiske oligarch who is now the current was going on even in 2015, reports the Mandate Review.
In recent days, Nordea has denied that the bank helping wealthy clients with aggressive tax planning. It says Magnus Nelin fixed at:
– We deny that we would work with individuals or companies who want some form of aggressive tax planning. We do not really.
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