Swiss prosecutors on Friday indicted private bank Lombard Odier and one of the firm's former employees for "aggravated money laundering", in a rare charge of such magnitude against one of Switzerland's biggest and oldest wealth managers.

Lombard Odier & Cie and a former employee have been indicted for aggravated money laundering by Swiss prosecutors over their involvement in the long-running bribery scandal linked to the daughter of late Uzbek president Islam Karimov.

Swiss private bank Lombard Odier has been charged with aggravated money laundering by Switzerland’s federal prosecutor. In charges filed on Friday, the prosecutor said Lombard Odier — one of the country’s most illustrious financial institutions — had for years played a “decisive role” in helping to conceal the criminal activities of Gulnara Karimova,

Lombard Odier — one of Switzerland’s oldest private banks — has been indicted by Swiss prosecutors for “aggravated money laundering.”