Overview
- The Munich public prosecutor formally discontinued the 2022 investigation after Alisher Usmanow instructed a €10 million payment, with €8.5 million to Bavaria and €1.5 million to designated charities.
- The case was closed under the German procedure of Einstellung gegen Geldauflage, which involves no admission of guilt and blocks reopening on the same suspicion once the payment is fulfilled.
- Prosecutors had alleged that in 2022 about €1.5 million was routed via foreign firms for security at two properties in Rottach-Egern and that valuables such as jewelry, art and wine were not promptly reported to the authority.
- Usmanow’s lawyers dispute any ownership links to the companies and items cited and challenge the applicability of EU sanctions rules in this context.
- The decision, approved by the Munich II regional court, follows earlier closures of probes, including a money-laundering case ended in November 2024 after a €4 million payment, and comes since his EU listing in February 2022.