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To: lorne who wrote (39623)	8/26/1999 7:51:00 AM
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Top of Form 1 Bottom of Form 1 Thursday August 26, 1:35 am Eastern Time Russian fraud case at $15 billion - report WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Russian organized crime figures laundered at least $15 billion through two New York banks at the direction of President Boris Yeltsin's government, USA Today reported on Thursday. Quoting unidentified senior U.S., British and Russian law enforcement officials, the newspaper said the money might include $10 billion in International Monetary Fund loans. The money was laundered through four accounts at the Bank of New York (NYSE:BK <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=bk&d=t> - news </n/b/bk.html>) and one account at the Republic National Bank, also based in New York, according to the report. The officials said they do not know where the money is. The new figure is $5 billion more than previously reported. The officials told the newspaper all the accounts were under the name of a company called Benex Worldwide Ltd., which was founded by a leader of Russia's largest organized crime group.(cont) biz.yahoo.com