Meanwhile, Swiss prosecutors are investigating whether Yeltsin, his two daughters and other Kremlin officials received credit cards that were paid off by a Swiss construction company. The firm, Mabetex Project Engineering, won a lucrative contract to renovate Russian government buildings, including the Kremlin. Yeltsin's supporters say the allegations are false and that the president's political opponents are behind them. Beyond confirming the account, however, Renyi said he could say no more because the investigation is still in progress. Dyachenko is married to Tatyana Dyachenko, not only Yeltsin's daughter but also a senior Kremlin official.
Marital ties figure elsewhere in the growing scandal.
Renyi conceded during his Banking Committee testimony that the Bank of New York was lax in monitoring the enormous flow of money through the suspect accounts. The accounts belong to Peter Berlin, a Russian-born businessman based in the United States. Renyi said the bank accepted the assurances of one of its senior officials, Lucy Edwards, that the account activity was legitimate. Edwards is married to Berlin. The bank has since fired Edwards.