Prosecutors extended their investigation and placed five employees of the Petrotel Lukoil refinery in Ploiesti, Romania, under judicial control, two of them Russian citizens.
Prosecutors have placed an impound on assets of Lukoil Europe Holdings B.V. for EUR2 billion in accounts opened in the UK and the Netherlands and shares owned in the Romanian refinery.
In October 2014, investigators searched Lukoil’s offices in Ploiesti week on suspicions of defrauding the state of EUR230 million through tax evasion and money laundering.
The refinery’s general manager, Andrey Bogdanov, was placed under judicial control and is under criminal investigation.