Russian-Israeli citizen extradited in money laundering plot

A dual citizen of Israel and Russia has been extradited to the United States to face charges in a money laundering case.

Stanislav Nazarov is accused in a scheme to defraud a large reinsurance company in India.

Prosecutors say the director of that company was duped through a cyber-phishing scheme into wiring USD 1.4 million to a bank account in the US.

Nazarov then allegedly had a portion of that money transferred to him in Israel.

He was among a group of 19 people indicted earlier this year in federal court in Washington. His extradition was announced yesterday.

Online court records don't list a defence attorney. The FBI's Washington field office is among the law enforcement agencies that investigated the case.