Hello, Dateline fans. We've got a brand new true crime thriller for you,

featuring a multi-million dollar criminal enterprise,

the FBI agents who took it on, and even a couple of Russian and American spies.

I'm CNBC senior Washington correspondent Aiman Javers here with a special sneak peak of my limited

podcast series The Crimes of Putin's Trader trader take a listen and be sure to follow

the crimes of Putin's trader wherever you tiny Sion Airport high in the Swiss Alps.

Sion is the gateway to the famed ski resort of Zermat with its five-star hotels,

luxury shopping, and high-end social scene.

Even in a private jet, though, you can only get so close to the snow-capped mountains.

Cion is still an hour's drive from the chairlifts.

So the truly wealthy take a short walk across the tarmac and board helicopters to take them directly to the slopes.

And on March 21st, 2021, an up-and-coming young Russian oligarch and his wife touched down here in a

chartered private jet on their way to the slopes. It's a wedding anniversary

celebration and at that moment the oligarch is at the absolute height of his powers. He's

personable, he smiles a lot, he's engaging, he's charismatic. That's how he was

so successful in business. He's devoted to his family.

He's built a fabulously successful company.

He's cultivated connections at the highest levels of the Russian government

and he works for the office of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

But what the oligarch doesn't know is that US law enforcement has been monitoring the flight since it left Moscow,

and they're planning to charge him with crimes that go to the heart of the

American financial system. It's a breathless moment. You're literally holding

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