Bankers convicted for aiding Putin's friend in setting up Swiss account.

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Bankers convicted for aiding Putin's friend in setting up Swiss account.
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Four bankers, including three Russians and one Swiss, have been convicted of failing to perform due diligence in financial transactions and helping a close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin move millions of dollars through Swiss bank accounts. The friend, Sergey Roldugin, a concert cellist dubbed "Putin's wallet," deposited millions of francs in Swiss bank accounts between 2014 and 2016. The bankers were fined a total of 741,000 Swiss francs ($809,000) and were found guilty of helping Roldugin operate two bank accounts at Gazprombank in Zurich without conducting sufficient checks.

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