Paris, September 29 – France investigates French billionaire Bernard Arnault. The owner of the luxury goods trading empire LVMH (LVMH), Russian billionaire Nikolai Sarkisov, has been charged with money laundering.
A French prosecutor said two billionaires were questioned over transactions at the luxury ski resort of Courchevel in the Alps. Agence France-Presse quoted a source as saying: The Financial Intelligence Unit and the French Ministry of Economy are leading the investigation. But it has not been determined whether the crime was committed or not.
Le Monde newspaper said, citing financial intelligence, that Sarkisov (55 years old) bought 14 houses in the ski resort for a total amount of 16 million euros (about 10 million baht) at the time from a seller in 2018, in a complex deal that included companies in France, Luxembourg and Cyprus. , although it is believed that he was the buyer. But his name is not listed on La Fleche, the company that made the purchase. The company also bought three houses belonging to another company owned by Sarkisov. This gave him a profit of 1.2 million euros (about 46 million baht).
As for Arnault (74 years old), the second richest man in the world after Elon Musk, he is suspected of having loaned Sarkisov 18.3 million euros (about 707 million baht) in the deal. And then he thought that M. Arnault had a donkey. It is equivalent to owning the entire house by default. The intelligence agency stated that, and the ownership may be changed for the purpose of hiding the source of the money and the names of its real beneficiaries. While prosecutors believe Mr. Sarkisov received two million euros (about 77 million baht) from this law. But it is still unclear how much of the loan he actually paid – Thai News Agency
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