‘I was tricked’ claims ‘City fraudster’

Three City traders accused of stealing ‘well over $100million’ from their employers insist they had no involvement in the scam, a court heard. Georgy Urumov, 37, was allegedly part of a group that swindled Russian owned banking group Otkritie while staying at luxury hotels and enjoying meals at Michelin star restaurants. Urumov’s wife Yulia Balk, 36, is accused of laundering money from the fraud by spending £19m on a house in ‘Millionaire’s Row’ in St John’s Wood, northwest London. Fellow…