French authorities have impounded two yachts believed to belong to fugitive Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said on Thursday.
"Two of Boris Berezovsky's yachts have been seized in France at the request of the Russian Prosecutor General's Office as part of an ongoing criminal investigation against him," spokeswoman Marina Gridneva said.
The yachts, worth around $20 million, were used by members of Berezovsky's "inner circle," she added.
She did not say when the yachts were seized or what new charges Berezovsky was facing.
In 2007, a Moscow court found Berezovsky, currently residing in Britain, guilty of stealing 215 million rubles from the Aeroflot airline and sentenced him in absentia to six years in prison.
In another case, Berezovsky was sentenced to 13 years for stealing over 60 billion rubles from the AvtoVAZ automaker.
MOSCOW, February 17 (RIA Novosti)
