Russian mercenary boss passed money laundering checks by using a utility bill in his 81-year-old mother's name, report says

• Yevgeny Prigozhin got past UK money laundering laws using a bill in his 81-year-old mom's name.
• The Wagner Group boss passed the checks that allowed him to sue a UK journalist, the FT reported.
• At the time he was under UK sanctions for his group's role in bloody conflicts around the world.

The head of the Wagner mercenary group, implicated in war crimes in Ukraine, was able to pass UK money laundering laws by using a gas bill in his 81-year-old mother's name, according to the Financial Times.