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Corruption Prevention Bureau fails to prove ABLV managers involvement in corruption 2021-04-14 LETA/TBT Staff
RIGA - The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) has not found evidence of corruption on the part of ABLV Bank s managers, which has been alleged by the U.S. Department of the Treasury s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), LETA learned.
At the same time, KNAB has not managed to find evidence to corroborate ABLV manager s suspicions that former Bank of Latvia governor Ilmars Rimsevics had deliberately slandered the bank.
KNAB confirmed to LETA that on March 26 the investigator in charge of the case decided to close the criminal probe that had been launched based on the FinCen s report and the supervising prosecutor approved the decision.
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(Latvian Public Broadcasting) One of the highest-profile criminal cases of recent years came to a dramatic conclusion January 21 with the acquital of former Latvian railways chief Uģis Magonis and Estonian businessman Oleg Ossinovski on bribery charges, Latvian Radio reported.
In 2015, the then head of Latvian railways (Latvijas dzelzceļš) Magonis was detained by the anti-graft Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau on suspicion of bribery.
According to the accusation, Estonian millionaire Ossinovski allegedly handed over almost half a million euros to Magonis in connection with the purchase of old diesel locomotives from the Osinovsky-owned company Skinest Rail.
Magonis, in his defense, told the court that he had received the money from Ossinovski not as a bribe or kickback, but as a reward for lobbying on behalf of his Estonian associate to the management of Russian Railways in a private capacity, even though he was chairman of La