Russian Corruption Claims Hit YouTube

October 13, 2009

William Browder, the founder of Hermitage Capital Management, found a new way to get his allegations of Russian corruption out to the public: YouTube. Browder spoke to CNBC about the strategy.

Browder, who claims to have been the victim of a corruption ring that took $230 million, has been fighting for his story to be heard for several years, with minimal success. If true, the case would amount to the biggest tax fraud in Russian history.

“We have a complicated story to tell about how the government stole our companies and then used our companies to steal $230 million from themselves — a bunch of crooks and government officials,” Browder told CNBC Monday.

To read the full story visit CNBC website: http://www.cnbc.com/id/33288392

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