Actress’s cousin ‘helped oligarch evade sanctions’

A cousin of actress Helena Bonham-Carter is facing extradition to the US for helping a Russian oligarch evade sanctions. Graham Bonham-Carter, 62, faces charges of wire fraud for funding American properties purchased by Oleg Deripaska and attempting to expatriate his artwork in the US. Bonham-Carter appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court following an extradition request by the Americans and was released on conditional bail until 12 December. Billionaire industrialist Deripaska, known as ‘Putin’s favourite industrialist’, has been the subject of US…