Novatek Executive Claims U.S. Tax-Fraud Case Was Filed Too Late

A top American executive at Russian gas producer Novatek PJSChas asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a tax-fraud indictment against him, claiming the charges weren’t filed within the required time limit.

Mark Gyetvay, Novatek’s deputy chief executive officer, was accused in a Sept. 22 indictment of failing to pay taxes on $40 million in income and hiding $93 million in Swiss bank accounts from the Internal Revenue Service.

“All of the charges filed by the government in this case are untimely on the face of the indictment and should therefore be dismissed,” Gyetvay attorney Matthew Mueller said ...