Putin is 'picture of corruption': US Treasury official AFP January 25, 2016 The acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the US Treasury told the BBC that Russian President Vladamir Putin was a "picture of corruption"The acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the US Treasury told the BBC that Russian President Vladamir Putin was a "picture of corruption" The acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the US Treasury told the BBC that Russian President Vladamir Putin was a "picture of corruption" (AFP Photo/Sergei Ilnitsky) London (AFP) - An official of the United States government has directly accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of corruption, in a BBC programme that airs Monday. The US government imposed sanctions against a number of Kremlin insiders in 2014 after Russia's annexation of Crimea in Ukraine, but did not accuse Putin of direct involvement in corruption. However, during a Panorama investigation into Putin's "secret riches", the acting under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence at the US Treasury said Putin was a "picture of corruption." "We've seen him enriching his friends, his close allies, and marginalising those who he doesn't view as friends using state assets," Adam Szubin, who oversees US Treasury sanctions