MOSCOW, October 5 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Prosecutor General's Office said Wednesday it was conducting seizures in financial institutions as part of the Yukos case investigation, the office said Wednesday.
Investigators hold that between 2000 and 2003, certain executives and employees of beleaguered oil giant Yukos stole and legalized $7 billion by taking the money abroad.
"Different persons, including lawyers [and] employees of commercial organizations and banks, were involved in these operations," the prosecutor's office Web site says.
Investigators said they had revealed schemes used to steal oil earnings and legalize them by paying out dividends to dummy firms registered in foreign countries.
