Billionaire Roman AbramovichMADRID, Mar 12 Portuguese Judicial Police Detain Rabbi Daniel of Porto's Jewish Community Litvak on suspicion of illegal actions in connection with the granting of Portuguese citizenship to Russian businessman Roman Abramovich, the Spanish radio station COPE reports. It was this community that issued a certificate to Abramovich about his Sephardic origin, which served as the basis for obtaining citizenship. In January, the prosecutor's office opened an official investigation into granting citizenship to Abramovich as a descendant of Sephardic Jews. The investigation was entrusted to the Lisbon prosecutor's department. The Portuguese Institute of Registration and Notaries, part of the country's Ministry of Justice, is also checking the process of Abramovich's naturalization. In December last year, the Portuguese Ministry of Justice tion confirmed that Abramovich received citizenship: the naturalization procedure was completed on 13 April. Abramovich's naturalization was made possible by a law of return that allows descendants of Sephardic Jews from Spain and Portugal and Jews who were forcibly converted to Christianity to acquire Portuguese citizenship. According to the country's Ministry of Justice, Abramovich provided a certificate from the Jewish community of the city of Porto as proof of Sephardi origin. According to media reports, the process of obtaining citizenship by the Russian billionaire was completed «in record time». /03/da6b99a70d1b07f0a3fa8a2aea95b3ab.jpg» />Abramovich's deposits in American hedge funds were blocked
