U.S. asked to join probe into Russian anti-corruption official
Russia’s investigators have sent a request to the U.S. Federal Reserve System to help them uncover the origin of an unprecedented cash haul seized from senior Russian anti-corruption official Dmitry Zakharchenko, Kommersant business daily wrote on Sept. 16.
A source close to the investigation told the paper that Zakharchenko, an experienced specialist in cracking financial crimes, made the mistake of storing the so-called bricks - packs with dollars issued by the banks of the U.S. Federal Reserve System.
"The packs, each of which contain $200,000, had not been opened since being unloaded from international flights. That’s why the paper strips on the banknotes contained stamps of some of the 12 regional banks of the Federal Reserve System. For example, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco," according to the report.
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