The architect who designed a grand estate for Putin has assets worth £118million seized by Italian police officers

The architect who designed a grand Black Sea estate for Putin has assets worth £118million seized by Italian police officers

Italian tax police have seized assets worth over 141 million euros (118 million pounds) from an architect linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin for alleged breaches of Italian tax rules, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday With.

Tax police earlier on Wednesday sent a statement saying they had seized the assets of a “known professional” in Brescia, a city in northern Italy, citing alleged tax offences. It declined to name the person when contacted by Portal.

The source said the assets belonged to Lanfranco Cirillo, who designed a large Black Sea estate for Putin.

A lawyer for Cirillo did not respond when contacted by Portal.

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Italian tax police have seized assets worth over €141million (£118million) from an architect linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin (pictured) for allegedly violating Italian tax rules, a source on the matter said source trusted on Wednesday

Italian tax police have seized assets worth over €141million (£118million) from an architect linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin (pictured) for allegedly violating Italian tax rules, a source on the matter said source trusted on Wednesday