A 75-year-old British accountant is suspected of attempting to set up a shadow fleet for Lukoil
In the United Kingdom, 75-year-old accountant John Michael Ormerod has been charged with money laundering and violating sanctions against Russia.
This was reported by the Financial Times.
According to the investigation, he helped purchase at least 25 old oil tankers, which were subsequently used to transport Russian oil.
The vessels were registered through offshore companies in the Marshall Islands, and financing was provided by a Dubai-based company linked to Lukoil’s trading division.
The total value of the deals exceeded $700 million, and the tankers transported over 120 million barrels of oil.
Investigators believe this scheme allowed for the circumvention of international sanctions.
Additionally, the General Staff confirmed strikes on the strategic Lukoil refinery and Russian military facilities.
Drones attacked the Lukoil refinery and a thermal power plant in the Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation.
