He said they confiscated corporate documents tied to various Hermitage subsidiaries on a spurious tax evasion pretext . It involved re-registering those Hermitage subsidiaries under new ownership, the dummying-up of civil litigation against the subsidiaries by outside parties which were also, not coincidentally, controlled by the same people who stole the subsidiaries. Browder a tireless activistI've known Bill Browder for about six years. While Russian authorities may not like what Browder has to say and show, Western governments have found him reliable. About $40 million of the stolen $230 million has been located and seized in multiple countries since 2009, according to Browder.

Source: CNN July 28, 2017 23:15 UTC