When Novosti interviewed the police officer, Sunday last, he said that, as far as police knew, there was a Yukos employee involved in money laundering. Sums went through several companies to turn into investments and real estate in underhand deals, said Senor Baut, who leads the team delving into the case.
As Spanish-based media outlets announced, Saturday, the biggest money-laundering affair throughout Spanish history has surfaced. Yukos involvement is alleged. The Russian petroleum mammoth was transferring huge sums to the Netherlands to go on to the Del Valle Abogados corporate lawyers in Marbella, assumes Agencia EFE, who refers to unclassified investigation files.
Yukos flatly denies the rumor. "Sheer ravings! They'll be saying next we were money laundering in Mars! Regard all this as an official commentary," Alexander Shadrin, Yukos press spokesman, said in a Novosti interview.