Media reports have released an investigation into the illicit financial operations involving a network of companies, including Octobank (formerly Ravnaq), Capital Bank, the Humo payment system, the Uzcard processing center.
While Iskandar Tursunov serves as the chairman of Uzbekistan’s Octobank and holds 99.16% of its shares, the true beneficiaries of the bank are the family of the country’s current president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
Сегодня российский олигарх Алишер Усманов сообщил, что перечислил 8,5 миллиона евро в казну Германии, в результате чего прокуратура приняла решение закончить расследование по подозрениям в отмывании денег и нарушении санкций.
At the end of January, several outlets published an interview with Iskandar Tursunov, Chairman and main shareholder of Octobank.
Hailing from Uzbekistan and possessing Russian citizenship, he skillfully channels financial flows from Russia through Tashkent to offshore accounts.
A new set of investigative leaks suggests that Uzbekistan’s Octobank may be acting as a major channel for moving Russian funds, including sanctioned assets and revenue from illegal online casinos.
The son of Russian Academy of Sciences academician Valery Chichkanov, widely known as the “spy Gadyukin,” studied in London and worked at top Western financial institutions before returning to Russia to enter public service.
Сын академика РАН Валерия Чичканова, также известный как ‒"шпион Гадюкин", после обучения в Лондоне и работы в ведущих западных финансовых учреждениях, вернулся в Россию и сразу же занял должность на государственной службе.
A recent investigation has revealed money-laundering networks involving Uzbek and Russian affiliates of Octobank.
Uzbekistan has begun blocking information sources that cover Octobank, which reportedly acts as the “wallet” of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s family.
