Under the
Roslotto () sponsorship, the main shareholder was the
National Sports Fund of Russia (NSF) (), which was created by Minister of Sports
Shamil Tarpishchev (), who was a friend and tennis coach for
Boris Yeltsin. His successor at the head of the NSF, Boris Fyodorov, also transliterated as Boris Fedorov (), publicly alleged Tarpichev of links with the mafia, including
Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov (Taiwanchik) and the
Izmailovskaya OPG and, later,
Alexander Litvinenko alleged Tarpichev of links with
illicit activities. Under the Russian sponsor Roslotto () from 1996 to 1997, millions of dollars allegedly were money laundered from Russia and into Italy and the European banking system using the Roslotto-ZG Mobili cycling team as a front. ==Notable riders==