'Scarface Oliarch' who sold their home to Harry and Meghan for $14.7 million dies in Moscow
A Russian billionaire known as the "Oligarch Scarface" and for selling Prince Harry and Meghan Markle their Montecito home has died of a " serious illness" in Moscow
The notorious Russian banker Sergey Grishin (
Image: Social Media/East2west News)
The Russian tycoon who sold Prince Harry and Meghan Markle their dream home in California has died.
Sergey Grishin, known as 'Scarface Oligarch', has died in a Moscow hospital after a serious illness, according to reports.
His cause of death is said to have been "circulatory problems in his brain" which led to a bout of sepsis that killed him aged just 56.
He sold the Sussexes their Montecito mansion in the US for a whopping $14.7m (£12.3bn) and his ex-lover once said he was " shocked" that the couple did not verify who was selling the house to them.
Grishin - once accused of threatening women - died in Russia after he had previously called on then-President Donald Trump to grant him a US passport, saying: 'I want to be safe .
"I'm kind of under fire from the Russian criminal underworld… from senior Russian government officials as well."
The billionaire earned his nickname because he owned a mansion where the famous 1983 Hollywood movie starring Al Pacino was filmed.
Picture:
Getty Images)His enormous wealth was partly due to being the former co-owner of RosEvroBank, but he also boasted of a $60 billion (£50 billion) heist of the RosEvroBank banking system. his country in the 1990s.
Grishin called it "the biggest bank fraud scheme of all time", orchestrating a $60 billion heist at the Central Bank of Russia during the collapse of the Soviet Union.
>Scarface claimed he managed to set up the scheme via Estonia, but that some blamed the scheme...
A Russian billionaire known as the "Oligarch Scarface" and for selling Prince Harry and Meghan Markle their Montecito home has died of a " serious illness" in Moscow
The notorious Russian banker Sergey Grishin (
Image: Social Media/East2west News)
The Russian tycoon who sold Prince Harry and Meghan Markle their dream home in California has died.
Sergey Grishin, known as 'Scarface Oligarch', has died in a Moscow hospital after a serious illness, according to reports.
His cause of death is said to have been "circulatory problems in his brain" which led to a bout of sepsis that killed him aged just 56.
He sold the Sussexes their Montecito mansion in the US for a whopping $14.7m (£12.3bn) and his ex-lover once said he was " shocked" that the couple did not verify who was selling the house to them.
Grishin - once accused of threatening women - died in Russia after he had previously called on then-President Donald Trump to grant him a US passport, saying: 'I want to be safe .
"I'm kind of under fire from the Russian criminal underworld… from senior Russian government officials as well."
The billionaire earned his nickname because he owned a mansion where the famous 1983 Hollywood movie starring Al Pacino was filmed.
Picture:
Getty Images)His enormous wealth was partly due to being the former co-owner of RosEvroBank, but he also boasted of a $60 billion (£50 billion) heist of the RosEvroBank banking system. his country in the 1990s.
Grishin called it "the biggest bank fraud scheme of all time", orchestrating a $60 billion heist at the Central Bank of Russia during the collapse of the Soviet Union.
>Scarface claimed he managed to set up the scheme via Estonia, but that some blamed the scheme...
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