Senior Manager of Russia’s Novatek Arrested in US on Tax Charges

Senior Manager of Russia’s Novatek Arrested in US on Tax Charges
Then-Chief Financial Officer Mark Gyetvay of Novatek speaks during the Reuters Russia Investment Summit in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 11, 2007. Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters
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MOSCOW—Mark Gyetvay, a deputy head of Russian natural gas producer Novatek, has been arrested in the United States on tax charges related to $93 million hidden in offshore accounts, the Department of Justice said on Thursday.

It said a federal grand jury in Fort Myers, Florida, returned an indictment on Wednesday charging Gyetvay, a Florida businessman, with defrauding the United States. Gyetvay holds passports from both the United States and Russia.