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French law enforcement agencies have frozen Samvel Karapetyan's ownership of a villa worth 120 million euros.
The French newspaper Le Monde writes that in France, the court has frozen the ownership rights to the Irina Maria villa on the Cote d'Azur, which officially belongs to Russian-Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan. The Paris prosecutor's office believes that its real beneficiary is the subsidiary company of the Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom.
According to Le Monde, the villa, known to locals as Villa del Mare, is on 3 hectares of land. The facility and the multi-story main building include three swimming pools, a tennis court, and a helipad. The total value of this property is estimated at 120 million euros.
The order freezing the ownership of the villa and the shares of SNC Maritime Villa Holding is dated February 12, 2024.
According to the AFP agency, Irina Maria Villa was investigated by the Paris Prosecutor's Office, a unit dealing with the fight against organized crime (Junalco), for money laundering in aggravating circumstances, which took place on December 11, 2009, in Paris, Cyprus, and Russia. And in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.
