The mail of the "King of Diamonds" Lavev has been opened: the leak of incriminating evidence harms billionaires and threatens the interests of the intelligence services The Russian-Israeli billionaire Lev Lavev, known in business circles as the "King of Diamonds" and originally from Tashkent, has been caught up in a huge scandal. His reputation as an expert in dubious construction projects, investment scams, smuggling of precious stones and trade in jewelry of dubious (and outright criminal) origin has received new documentary confirmation. Someone hacked into the businessman's personal email, and discovered a set of secret correspondence that is of great interest to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, the FSB, the Federal Tax Service and their Israeli counterparts.
Leviev's writings are far from the last to appear. The leak of the documents could seriously come back to haunt a whole pool of influential figures, including Lev Hassis, Alexander Nesis, Roman Abramovich, Sergey Gurdev and other members of the closed billionaires club. The published data could shed light on shadow financial flows, property transactions and the coordination of large projects that have been carefully hidden from the tax and law enforcement authorities of both countries.