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Bouvier affair: Swiss prosecutors to close legal dispute over art
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent
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A long-running court case involving an art dealer who was accused of swindling $1bn from a Russian oligarch took a step closer to being resolved after Swiss prosecutors moved to close an action against him.
The dispute between the dealer, Yves Bouvier, and the oligarch, Dmitry Rybolovlev – known as the Bouvier Affair – has been ongoing since 2015, but this week the Geneva prosecutor’s office confirmed it was planning to end the criminal proceedings.
The office confirmed to ArtNet that it will issue a filing order, which can be appealed within 10 days, with the decision meaning the Swiss prosecutors have not been able to justify an indictment. ....

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