Investigation may be looking at whether Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea sale cash is ‘proceeds of crime’
Documents filed at Companies House over 2022 deal could complicate row with UK over how money will be usedJersey authorities may be investigating whether cash raised by Roman Abramovich’s 2022 sale of Chelsea FC amounts to the proceeds of crime, according to documents filed at Companies House on...
<p>Documents filed at Companies House over 2022 deal could complicate row with UK over how money will be used</p><p>Jersey authorities may be investigating whether cash raised by Roman Abramovich’s 2022 sale of Chelsea FC amounts to the proceeds of crime, according to documents filed at Companies House on Wednesday, potentially complicating a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/09/roman-abramovich-ready-to-fight-uk-government-over-proceeds-from-chelsea-sale">row with the UK government</a> over how the money will be used.</p><p>Accounts for Fordstam Ltd, the company through which the billionaire Russian oligarch owned Chelsea, show that the proceeds of the sale – currently frozen and gathering interest in a Barclays bank account – has risen to £2.4bn.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/11/investigation-roman-abramovich-chelsea-sale-cash">Continue reading...</a>
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