Russia hits BoNY with $22.5bn money laundering suit

The Bank of New York was hit with a lawsuit from Russia demanding damages amounting to more than seven times the profits made by the bank last year over an alleged money-laundering scheme.

Russia's Federal Customs Service, the country's currency control agent, filed a suit in Moscow's Arbitration Court for $22.5bn (€16.7bn) in lost tax receipts related to money laundering, according to Reuters.

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